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RYAN WHSON Sports Editor
The official course for the Feb. 11
Women's National Marathon Championship
race and the Feb. 10,1996, USA
Women's Olympic Marathon Trials has
been solidified by the Carolina Marathon
Association.
Historic neighborhoods, shopping avenues,
Fort Jackson and the USC campus
will highlight the course.
The proposed course inlcudes many
features that have made the Carolina
Marathon a runners' favorite for the past
18 years, association President Russ
Pate said.
~i ne cnanges in elevation will test
the best of runners but punish none,"
Pate said. "It is truly a fair course, and
it will ultimately identify the best three
women to represent the U. S. on a similar
course in Atlanta."
The Carolina Marathon Association
has worked with the Women's Long Distance
Running Committee of the USA
Track & Field Association to put together
a race course that works. Here is a brief
description.
Starting line. Runners will begin at
Main and Gervais streets in front of the
State House. The beginning offers an
impressive backdrop and is convenient
for spectators, media and VIPs. The
course heads north on Main and circles
downtown before passing back by the
State House and going west.
Miles 2-6. Runners head across the
Congaree River into West Columbia and
Cayce. The elevation drop in the area is
150 feet.
Miles 7-10. Crossing back over the
river, runners approach two small hills
and pass through the USC campus and
Five Points. Next, they run through the
residential neighborhoods of Shandon
and Heathwood, known for shady trees,
older hoipes and quiet streets.
Mile 11. In this stretch, runners head
through the Lake Katherine neighborhood
down a significant hill, which drops
150 feet on the way to Fort Jackson.
Miles 12-19. Once at the base, the
runners will cover the gently rolling terrain
of one of America's largest and most
famous Army training facilities. One
two-mile stretch has a 170-foot elevation
increase, but several long, fast downhill
portions come between miles 13 and
20. Runners traditionally love passing
through the base and can expect a lai^ge
turnout of soldiers cheering in support.
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The top floor's corporate boardroom
can be used by VIPs and race officials,
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