Jacksonville Bank Marathon

Sunday, December 20, 2009 • Jacksonville, Florida

Limited to 2,500 runners

Marathon and 1/2 Marathon
start together at 7:00 AM

There is a six hour course limit. Services will be terminated based on 14 minute per mile pace.

Because of the timing of the Jacksonville Bank Marathon, you can qualify for the Boston Marathon for the next two years.

Hal Higdon's Marathon Training Schedules

Order a Jacksonville Bank Marathon & 1/2 Marathon technical training shirt $20.00 Unisex sizes XS to XL.

Technical Running Cap $16.00, one size fits all.

registration information

Get a Free Entry

Brooks will pay for your entry into the Jacksonville Bank Marathon or 1/2 Marathon is you purchase $100 or more of Brooks merchandise at 1st Place Sports from now until December 19th. This offer is limited to the first 100 takers. You can order shoes by emailing us at firstplacesports.com

ENTRY FEE INFORMATION

	Marathon	1/2 Marathon
Until October 31st	$60.00	$30.00
November 1st -30th	$65.00	$32.00
December 1st - 19th	$70.00	$35.00
Day of Race	$80.00	$40.00

Sorry, No Refunds or transfers!

Buy $100 worth of Brooks merchandise and receive a free entry!!

Make your check payable to the
JACKSONVILLE BANK MARATHON

mail check and completed entry form prior to December 6th to:

If check is drawn on the Jacksonville Bank, you can deduct $2.00 from your entry fee.

Jacksonville Bank Marathon

3931 Baymeadows Road,

Jacksonville, Florida 32217

Tri-2B-Tuff Challenge information

View Last Year's Individual Results

Packet Pickup

All runners' packets containing your race number, Short-sleeve technical running shirt, Championchip rental chip, and other items may be picked up at one of the three following 1st Place Sports' locations on Friday, December 18th and Saturday, December 19th from 10:00 AM until 6:00 PM. :

You must indicate your pickup location on your entry form.

• 3931 Baymeadows Road (near the corner of San Jose Blvd.)
This location is the closest pickup location to the start.

• 2016 San Marco Blvd. (San Marco Square, next to The Loop) in Jacksonville

New!!! • 2186 Park Avenue in Orange Park

• 424 South 3rd Street in Jacksonville Beach

All unclaimed packets will be availablepicked up on race day in the old gym on Bolles Campus near the starting line starting at 5:30 AM.

All Runners who register prior to December 1st will receive a confimation by mail about two weeks prior to the race. You can also confirm your entry online at this website.

Race Information

Directions to the Race Site

Bolles Campus is located at 7400 San Jose Blvd.

From the South, take Highway 13 (San Jose Blvd.) north for five miles off Interstate 295. From the north, exit Interstate 95 at Baymeadows Road. Take Baymeadows three miles west to San Jose Blvd. Bolles School is located two miles to the north on the left.

Click here for Yahoo Map and get exact directions from any location.

Race Parking

Parking for the race is limited at The Bolles School. Bus transportation will be provided from 1st Place Sports at 3913 Baymeadows. If you are staying at the host hotel, please try to use our buses. The buses will leave a every 15 minutes and should get you back and forth to the race site without much delay (see race instructions for more detail).

Bus Transportation

Bus transportation will be provided from the Embassy Suites and Holiday Inn on Baymeadows Road from 5:30 AM until 6:00 AM. Bus transportion will also be provide from the 1st Place Sports parking area located at 3931 Baymeadows Road from 5:30 AM until 6:15 AM . There are lots of parking available around 1st Place Sports. Buses will leave Bolles School every thirty minutes to return runners to the 1st Place Sports parking area and to the hotels from 8:30 AM until 2 PM.

Medals to All Marathon Finishers

Medals to all 1/2 Marthon Finishers

Massages are available after the race

Short-sleeve Technical shirts to all entrants

Free post race meal at the finish line

Carbo-Loading Dinner at Pizza Palace

ChampionChip Timing

This race will be timed using the ChampionChip timing system. All runners will be issued a transponder with their race packets The transponder (chip) must be attached to your shoe during the race or you will not receive a place or time. The transponder must be returned after the race or you will be billed the $30.00 replacement cost. Runners will receive a net and gun time in both races. All runners will receive a 10K split time. Runners in the marathon will also get a half-way split time.

Marathon Awards

$500, $200 and $100 will be awarded to the top three men and women overall. $100 to the first masters male and female. Awards will be presented to the first three finishers in each of the following age-groups: 19 and under, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69 and 70 & over. The overall runners and the top ten finishers in each age group will score points to be counted in the Jacksonville Grand Prix.

1/2 Marathon Awards

$100 to the top male and female overall. Awards will also be presented to the top three finishers in each age group from 19 and under to 70 and over. Medals will be given to all 1/2 marathon finishers in the finish chutes.

Race Results

Full results will be posted at 1stplacesports.com the evening of the race. Live results will be posted on runningjacksonville.com as the race progresses. Results will also be posted at the finish of the marathon as the race progresses.

Race Accomodations

9300 Baymeadows Road
Embassy Suties website
Jacksonville’s only all suites, full service hotel. Conveniently located on Baymeaodws Road just 5 miles from the race. Enjoy spacious 2 room suites for the marathon this year. Relax with our two-hour Manager’s Reception each evening and wake up to our full cooked to order breakfast each morning. Flat rate of $99.

Call (904) 731-3555 and mention the Jacksonville Marathon code MAR. Or book on-line at www.embassysuitesjax.com. Rates are subject to availability so make your reservations now.

Use this link for reservations.

Overflow hotel is the Holiday Inn Baymeadows located one block east of the Embassy Suites at Interestate 95. The race at the Holiday Inn is $79.00. Call 904-737-1700 to make reservations.

Carbo Loading Dinner

The Pizza Palace Restaurant will host a carbo loading dinner on Saturday evening starting at 5 PM at their new location located directly across Baymeadows from 1st Place Sports.
The food is great and very reasonable.

MARATHON SALE AT 1ST PLACE SPORTS

Save big bucks on your running purchases at 1st Place Sports during packet pickup hours. All running shoes and clothing will be offered at reduced prices.

AWARDS CEREMONY

The awards ceremony will be held in the Bolles Stadium

Marathon 12:00 Noon • 1/2 Marathon at 10:30 AM

Course Information

THE COURSE

The Jacksonville Marathon course is USA Track and Field certified. The course starts at Bolles School on San Jose Blvd. and heads South to Mandarin, does a loop and heads back near the St. John's River to Bolles. You can qualify for the the next two Boston Marathons at this event. The course is flat (no hills & no overpasses) and 80% shaded.

View Marathon Course
View 1/2 Marathon Course

The Start

The Jacksonville Bank Marathon will start on San Jose Blvd. with the 1/2 marathon in front of Bolles School at 7:00 A.M. All runners in the Marathon and 1/2 Marathon will start together. Make sure that you have your ChampionChip attached to your shoe prior to reporting to the starting line. The gym located in front of the football stadium will open at 5:30 AM for day of race registration, and as a runner's assembly area. There will no longer be an early start and the course will stay open for six hours.

Clothes Check -in Area A clothes check-in area will be located at the starting line. Make sure that you have your bag clearly marked with your race number. Runners should check their bags right at the starting banner. All bags wil be available for pickup on the west end of the track behind the finish line and food area.

1/2 Marathon Course

The 1/2 marathon will run with the Marathon to just past the 7 mile mark and will then turn north on Scott Mill Road off Scott Mill Lane. The 1/2 marathon will follow the Marathon course back to Bolles, but will not go around Forest Circle on the way back. The half-marathon does go around Jose Circle between the 24 and 25 mile marks.

Medical Aid Stations

Fire and rescue bicycle team members will patrol the entire course by two mile sections. Medical tents will be located at the half-way point and at the finish. Please review race instructions provided in race packets for more information.

The Finish

Once the course leaves San Jose Boulevard onto The Bolles School property, the 1/2 Marathon and Marathon will follow the same route to finish on the track. The route will take you across a soccer field, along a dirt trail and then across a softball field to get you to the track. You will be off-road for about three tenths of a mile, but the footing is excellent.

Water & Powerade served every two miles

Gel will be available at the 16 and 19 mile water stations.Portable Toilets will be located at 2, 4, 5, 5.5, 6.2, 9.5, 11.5, 13, 14, 14.5, 16.8, 19, 20, 20.5, 21,5, and 23.5 miles

Course Records

TNT is the Official Charity Training Program of The Jacksonville Bank Marathon

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