*Master = 40 years and older
 

Volunteers:  Needed to make arrangements before the race, as well as help during the race.  Please contact the race director if you are interested. 

Event Information:

Date / Start Time: The race will start at 7:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time at the Mike Long Track at Florida State University. The address is Chieftain Way, Tallahassee, Florida. This course is virtually flat and paved. Wheelchair and Early Starters: If we have wheelchair competitors, they will start at 7:25 a.m. Wheelchair participants must pre-register so we can make proper arrangements. Please contact the race director if you intend to participate. Please note there is a six-hour cut off for the main field. Anyone on the course after 1:30 p.m. will be 'swept up' and transported back to the finish area.

Tallahassee Marathon / Half-Marathon History: This is the 36th annual Tallahassee Marathon. Our first marathon was held in 1975.  The Tallahassee Half-Marathon has been held since the mid-1980s.  This is the sixth year it will be run from Florida State's Mike Long Track.

Aid Stations: We will have aid stations at the start/finish, and near mile markers 2/25, 4/23, 6/21, 8/19, 10/17, 11.5/15.5 and at the turn around near mile 13.

Weather Conditions: Weather in Tallahassee, Florida, can be very unpredictable.  Average February Temperature for Tallahassee is a high of 67, and a low of 42.  February is the fifth driest month with an average monthly rainfall of 4.63 inches.

Bathrooms / Port-o-Lets / Facilities: For Marathon runners, there are bathrooms along St. Mark's Trail at the trailhead, and in J. Lewis Hall Park.  For both the full and half, there will be one at Eppes Drive, one at Pasco Street, and one at Ridge/Gaile Avenue.  Additionally, there will be a Port-o-Let near the full marathon turnaround. The FSU bathrooms will be open, but we do not have access to shower facilities.

Official Photographer:                        

Your Official Photographer for the 2010 Tallahassee Marathon http://peachsports.com.  You may view 2009 photos here. 

Registration: Active.com registration is now available for the 2010 Tallahassee Marathon/Half-Marathon for a nominal fee.  For a printable mail-in registration form, click here.  Gulf Winds Track Club members are entitled to a $5.00 discount.  Members of the 50-States Marathon Club, 50-States & DC Marathon Club, or Marathon Maniacs Club are entitled to a $5.00 discount.  A printable, mail-in form will be available in the near future.  Sorry, there are no refunds given.  However, if you are unable to run due to injury, you can defer your registration to the 2011 race or transfer your registration to another runner you know.  Deferments and transfers will be granted only due to injury. 

Late Registration/Packet Pick-up Information: Packet pick up will be held in the lobby of the Doubletree Hotel (go to Host Hotel below for more information) Friday 2/5/2010 4-8 p.m., Saturday 2/6/2010 11-4 p.m.  Pick up will include securing your timing chip. We will offer registration and pick up on race day from 6:15 until 7 a.m. in the lobby of the Tully Gym near the start of the race and the FSU Track. However, we highly recommend that you pick up your packet and timing chip prior.

Speaker and Pre-Race Pasta Dinner:  On the eve of the race for the past two years, we have had a delicious pasta dinner with a guest speaker.  Our guest speaker in 2008 was Pete Rea, and in 2009 we had Gary Cohen.  For the 2010 marathon, as part of the pre-marathon festivities, Gulf Winds Track Club presents as part of its Lecture Series a talk by John L. Parker, Jr., author of 'Once a Runner' and 'Again to Carthage'.  The talk will be held at the Turner Auditorium in the Fine and Performing Arts Center on Tallahassee Community College Campus, and is open to runners, members of GWTC, and the general public. 

We will have a pasta dinner beginning at 6:00 p.m., to be followed at 7:30 p.m. with our guest speaker.  Dinner, provided by Riccardo's Restaurant, will consist of spaghetti with meat balls or vegetarian sauce, salad, bread and drink (bottled water or soda compliments of Pepsi).  A short talk on the marathon and its course will be held, questions answered, and door prizes given out, compliments of Mizuno.  Tickets are $10 and may be purchased at packet pick-up.  Due to limited seating capacity, the dinner tickets are limited to marathon/half marathon registrants.  Dinner will be served in the Economic & Workforce Development Building (EWD), and the lecture will be held in the Fine and performing Arts Center (FPAC) (see map for building and parking locations, and click here for driving directions. 

Finishing Medals: Finishing medals for both half-marathon and marathon finishers. 

Awards: Traditional age group awards beginning with 15-19, and continuing to 65-69, and 70 and up including a masters and grandmasters category for both genders for both races. Overall monetary awards $750, $500, $250,$150, & $75 for first five male/female marathon finishers, and of $300, $150, $75 for the first three male/female masters marathon finishers. Time bonuses of $1,000 for first male to break 2:20:30 and first female to break 2:45:06.  Time bonuses of $500 for first masters male to break 2:38:38 and first masters female to break 2:45:06.  Overall top five male and female, top 3 masters male and female, and male and female grandmasters winners will receive platters.  Male and female 5 year age groups three deep in both the marathon and half marathon will receive ceramic mugs.  All ceramic work is done by local artist Brian Bachman.

Course Descriptions:

Tallahassee Marathon: Map ~ Google Interactive Map for the Marathon ~ Written Description - TBA

Tallahassee Half Marathon: Map ~ Written Description - TBA

Elevation Chart

Finishing Certificates: Finishing certificates will be supplied to Tallahassee Marathon finishers upon request.

Sponsors:  Corporate Sponsors:  Contact the race directors, Jay Silvanima and Nancy Stedman-Laux, at tallahasseemarathon@gmail.com.  Primary Sponsors:  Their logos will appear prominently on our web site and T-shirts and their names will be announced as primary sponsors during the awards ceremony.  Their names will be listed in all local printed advertisements for the event, and announced as sponsors in all local radio and television ads/interviews.  They will be encouraged to promote themselves during the event and at pre-race events via a booth/banner and via inserts in our race packets.  Primary Sponsorship level should be cash and/or goods and services amounting to $1000 or more.  Secondary Sponsors:  Their logos will appear on our web site and T-shirts and their names will be announced as secondary sponsors during the awards ceremony.  Secondary Sponsorship level should be cash and/or goods and services amounting to $250 or more. Mile Marker Sponsors:  Their logos/names will appear on the course mile markers, and will be listed on our web site.  A Mile Marker application form may be printed from our web site.  Sponsorship level should be $50.  Sponsorship commitment form.

Charity: One half of the net proceeds from the event will be donated to the American Lung Association of Florida.  The remainder will be used by the Gulf Winds Track Club to support other Gulf Winds Track Club races and to provide better services and amenities at next year's Tallahassee Marathon, in support of our goal to provide a first-class event. 

Volunteers: We are in great need of volunteers both on race-day and prior to race day. Please contact the race directors if you are interested. 

Host Hotel / Places to Stay: Our host hotel is the Doubletree Hotel, www.tallahassee.doubletree.com, 800-222-8733. Mention the 2010 Tallahassee Marathon as the group for a discounted rate of $89 per night though January 22.  If making reservations online enter arrival and departure date, click go and then scroll down to “special accounts” and type in ‘TAM’ for the discounted rate.  For other Tallahassee area hotels, visit the City of Tallahassee Tourism Directory and Vacation Guide at http://www.tallahassee.worldweb.com/.

Replacement Drink: Gatorade

Medical Emergency: Since we are a small marathon, we do not have medical tents along the course, but we have Leon County EMS stationed on the course and FSU Medical First Response at the finish line. We will have police officers working with us, and all water tables should have someone with a cell phone to call in case of emergency. We strongly encourage all runners to be properly trained to complete the marathon/half-marathon. In case of emergency, contact one of the race officials and we will contact medical professionals.

Course Certification / Boston Qualifying: Both the Tallahassee Marathon and Half-Marathon are USATF certified. The certification numbers are FL09002EBM for the Marathon, and FL09001EBM for the Half-Marathon. 2010 Tallahassee Marathon times can be used as qualifiers for both the 2010 Boston Marathon, and the 2011 Boston Marathon. For more information on the Boston Marathon, including qualifying times, please visit their website.

Course Cut-off Time and Event Timing: The official cut-off time for the Tallahassee Marathon and Half-Marathon is 1:30 p.m. This will give the participants six hours. A 6-hour Marathon pace would be 13:44 per mile.  A 6-hour Half Marathon pace would be 27:39 per mile.  Timing will be provided by Alta Vista Sports (http://www.altavistasports.com/).  Champion Chip Timing will be used and timing mats will be located at the start/finish area and at the half marathon point of the full marathon.  All participants will receive both a gun time and a chip time.  Monetary Awards will be based on gun times, whereas age group awards will be based on chip times.