Nisene Marks Marathon

SCHEDULE: Race L/S shirt and race number pick up starts at 6:30 am at Aptos Village Park. The Marathon at 8:00 am, Half Marathon 8:30 am, 5K Run 9:00 am.

START/FINISH: Aptos Village Park at the entrance to Nisene Marks State Park. (Aptos Creek Road and Soquel Drive).

COURSE: The Marathon is a beautiful out and back on a fire road under a canopy of trees with an elevation gain of 2500 feet in the first 12 miles. There are two steep climbs on the course at miles 5 to 6 and 10 to ll. There are 5 aid stations on the course.

CUTOFFS: For the volunteers sake and the runners safety cutoffs will be enforced on the Marathon course at the following points. Sand Point: Mile 9 (outbound), 2 � hours. Turnaround: Mile 13.1 3 � hours. Top of Incline: Mile 20 (inbound) 5 � hours. Finish line closed 7 hour.

AWARDS/DIVISIONS: Marathon finishers receive custom finish award. No age group awards for marathon race. Half Marathon and 5K Run 5 year age groups 3 deep receive custom awards. All overall winners - male and female in all three races receive an award.

Half Marathon is 3 miles on fire road then 8 miles on single track trail returning to fire road with right turn and 2 miles to finish. There is an elevation gain of 1000 feet in the first 7 miles. There are 3 aid stations on the course.

5K Run is out and back with the start on the Aptos Creek Road above the finish line. There is a short dip in the first � mile and again on the return. Finish is the same as the marathon and � marathon