Course
The course is USATF certified and a Boston qualifier.
The 2008 courses will be similar to the 2007, with the notable exception that the tight turns near the finish have been eliminated. Both races will start from Riverport’s Verizon Wireless Amphitheater. After a quick spin around Riverport, the athletes will head north into Earth City, where a brief out-and-back spur will allow them to get a glimpse of the race field. The racers will then travel a bit further north and cross the Missouri river on Hwy. 370, providing a tremendous view of the St. Charles riverfront. Once they reach the western shore of the Missouri, participants will head north and loop through both open and wooded sections of the Missouri river floodplain. They will then move south through historic Frenchtown and St. Charles to Frontier Park, where the half marathoners will finish and the marathoners will transfer to the Katy Trail for a flat, easy-on-the-legs, final 13.1 miles. The miles will be out-and-back, which allows marathoners to receive encouragement from fellow marathoners.
