Little Rock Marathon

MILE-BY-MILE

— START East on Clinton at the Clinton Museum Store. Right on Dean Kumpuris at 0.2 miles. Right on 3rd at 0.3 miles. 1-mile mark at 3rd and Louisiana.

DESCRIPTION Flat.

LANDMARKS Clinton Presidential Center, Gazette Building.

1 West on 3rd. Right on Broadway at 1.2 miles. 2-mile mark at North Broadway and 5th in North Little Rock.

DESCRIPTION Course’s first significant incline stretches 350 yards from the south side of the Broadway Bridge over the Arkansas River. That incline is followed by about a quarter-mile downhill to the north side of the bridge.

LANDMARKS Federal Building, Robinson Center, Dickey-Stephens Park.

2 North on Broadway. Veer right onto 7th at 2.2 miles. Right on Main at 2.5 miles.

Left on Washington at 2.8 miles. 3-mile mark at Washington and Olive on south side of Verizon Arena.

DESCRIPTION Flat.

LANDMARKS Downtown North Little Rock, Verizon Arena.

3 East on Washington. Right on Riverfront at 3.3 miles. 4-mile mark on Riverfront near Wyndham Hotel.

DESCRIPTION Flat.

LANDMARKS Interstate 30, Riverfront Park.

4 West on Riverfront. Right on Karrot at 4.5 miles. Right on West Broadway at 4.6 miles. Right on North Broadway at 4.8 miles. 5-mile mark on Broadway Bridge.

DESCRIPTION A 3.4-mile flat stretch ends at 4.8 miles with a right turn onto the Broadway Bridge. Course is uphill to 5.1 miles.

LANDMARKS Dickey-Stephens Park, Broadway Bridge.

5 South on Broadway. Left on 3rd at 5.4 miles. 6-mile mark at 3rd and Sherman.

DESCRIPTION Downhill on Broadway Bridge, then flat.

LANDMARKS Pulaski County Courthouse, Gazette Building, River Market.

6 East on 3rd. Right on Ferry at 6.1 miles.

Right on Capitol at 6.2 miles. Left on Ferry at 6.2 miles. Right on 9th at 6.5 miles. Left on Commerce at 6.7 miles. 7-mile mark on Commerce near Interstate-630.

DESCRIPTION Uphill on Ferry as course parallels I-30, otherwise flat to slightly uphill.

LANDMARKS MacArthur Park.

7 South on Commerce. Right on 15th at 7.2 miles. Right on Scott at 7.3 miles. Left on Capitol at 7.9 miles. 8-mile mark on Capitol near Main.

DESCRIPTION Slightly uphill on Commerce.

Slightly downhill on Scott.

LANDMARKS Villa Marre from opening of Designing Women, Democrat Building.

8 West on Capitol. Left on Izard at 8.4 miles. Left on 6th at 8.5 miles. Right on Center at 8.9 miles. 9-mile mark on Center near First United Methodist Church.

DESCRIPTION Slightly uphill to Izard.

Slightly downhill on 6th. Center is slightly uphill.

LANDMARKS Arkansas’ tallest building - the Metropolitan Tower, Federal Building.

9 South on Center. Right on 18th

9.8 miles. 10-mile mark at 18th and Arch.

DESCRIPTION Uphill from 9.2 to 9.8 miles.

LANDMARKS Governor’s Mansion.

10 West on 18th.

Right on Gaines at 10.1 miles. Left on 16th at 10.2 miles.

11-mile mark on 16th at Centennial Park.

DESCRIPTION Slightly downhill on 16th Street to Martin Luther King, then slightly uphill past Centennial Park.

LANDMARKS Gaines Street Baptist Church, Dunbar Community Center, Centennial Park.

11 West on 16th. Right on Park at 11.1 miles. Right on Daisy Gatson Bates at 11.2 miles. 12-mile mark at Daisy Gatson Bates and Cross.

DESCRIPTION Uphill from Centennial Park.

Flat past Central High. Downhill on Daisy Gatson Bates to Martin Luther King, then slightly uphill.

LANDMARKS Central High, Carver YMCA.

12 East on Daisy Gatson Bates. Left on Chester at 12.2 miles. Left on 6th at 12.8.

Right on Woodlane at 13.0 miles. 13-mile mark at 6th and Woodlane.

DESCRIPTION Slightly uphill on Daisy Gatson Bates. Slightly downhill on Chester.

Slightly uphill on 6th.

LANDMARKS Philander Smith College

13 North on Woodlane. Left on 4th at 13.1 miles. Right on Martin Luther King at 13.1 miles. Left on 3rd at 13.2 miles, turns into Markham at 13.7 miles. 14-mile mark on Markham near Rice.

DESCRIPTION Downhill on Martin Luther King and 3rd to 13.6 miles. Uphill until 14-mile mark.

LANDMARKS

State Capitol, Arkansas School for the Blind, Arkansas School for the Deaf.

14 West on Markham.

Right on Kavanaugh at 14.3 miles. 15-mile mark at Kavanaugh and Oak.

DESCRIPTION The most uphill mile of the course. Sharply downhill until 14.2 miles.

From that point to 15.0 miles, the course is steeply uphill.

LANDMARKS Stifft Station business district.

15 West on Kavanaugh. 16-mile mark at Kavanaugh and I Street.

DESCRIPTION Slightly uphill and flat.

LANDMARKS Hillcrest business district.

Mount St. Mary High.

16 West on Kavanaugh. Right on Lookout at 16.1 miles. 17-mile mark about 350 yards before Lookout intersects with Cantrell.

DESCRIPTION Flat with short, rolling section past Crestwood Manor apartments on Lookout through 16.4 miles, then steeply downhill for next 0.8 miles. This is the longest, uninterrupted downhill stretch on the course.

LANDMARKS Allsopp Park

17 North on Lookout. Right on Cantrell at 17.2 miles. Left on Cedar Hill at 17.4 miles. Left on Riverfront at 17.8 miles. 18-mile mark on Riverfront.

DESCRIPTION First 0.2 miles downhill. Flat on Cantrell and Cedar Hill until railroad bridge near the Town Pump at 17.6 miles. Bridge offers 100 yards of steep uphill followed by 100 yards of steep downhill. The rest of the mile is flat. Course remains flat from 17.7 to 24.3 miles.

LANDMARKS Allsopp Park, Rebsamen Insurance Building, Verizon campus.

18 West on Riverfront. Veers right on Rebsamen Park at 18.7 miles. 19-mile mark on Rebsamen Park near 15th green of Rebsamen Park Golf Course.

DESCRIPTION Flat.

LANDMARKS Rebsamen Park Golf Course.

19 West on Rebsamen Park. 20-mile mark near dog park.

DESCRIPTION Flat with woods and the steep base of the Heights neighborhood to the left.

The ridges of North Little Rock’s Fort Roots are evident to the right across the Arkansas River.

LANDMARKS Murray Park, Arkansas River.

20 West on Rebsamen. Right turns at the Murray Park Picnic Area onto the Murray Park jogging trail at 20.6 miles. 21-mile mark on jogging trail near southern edge of Murray Park soccer fields.

DESCRIPTION Flat.

LANDMARKS Murray Park, Arkansas River.

21 East on Murray Park jogging trail.

22-mile mark near Rebsamen Park Golf Course’s No. 10 tee box.

DESCRIPTION Flat.

LANDMARKS Rebsamen Park Golf Course.

22 East on Murray Park jogging trail. Veers left on Riverfront Drive at 22.5 miles. 23-mile mark at Riverfront Drive and Turtle Creek.

DESCRIPTION Flat.

LANDMARKS Rebsamen Park Golf Course.

23 South on Riverfront Drive. Left on Titus bike trail at 23.9 miles, about 150 yards before the Riverfront-Cantrell intersection. 24-mile mark on Titus.

DESCRIPTION Flat.

LANDMARKS Verizon campus.

24 East on Titus. Veers onto Cantrell at 24.3 miles. 25-mile mark on Cantrell near Cross.

DESCRIPTION Two steep hills on Cantrell ends 6.6-mile flat section, and come at 24.3 and 24.7 miles.

LANDMARKS Dillards headquarters, Episcopal Collegiate School.

25 East on LaHarpe. Left into the River Market’s northwest parking lot at 26.1 miles. Finish in parking lot.

LANDMARKS Old Statehouse, the Peabody Little Rock hotel, Little Rock Convention Center.

26 Continue on LaHarpe.

LANDMARKS The back of the Statehouse Convention Center and the Chamber of Commerce.

FINISH Left into the Riverfront Park northwest parking lot at 26.1 miles.

Sports, Pages 28 on 03/02/2013

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