32nd Annual Lincoln National Guard Marathon & Half-Marathon 
 

Sunday, May 3, 2009 Lincoln, Nebraska 7 a.m.

CHAMPIONCHIP TIMING:  We are pleased to provide a chip-timed event as we have contracted ChampionChip Minnesota, Inc. to time our event once again.  Participants will be provided a gun time, chip time, and split times.  Split times provided at check points of 10K, Half & 20M.  Runners missing check point may be disqualified.  Overall awards will be based on gun times, but age-group awards will be based on chip times.

REGISTRATION:  Online registration is through Active.com.  No transaction fees are charged.  Registration closes at 6500 entrants.  Otherwise, mailed entries will be accepted through April 13;  online registration will closes on April 27; in person registration will be at Runner's Expo (Sat, May 3, 9am-4pm) at Embassy Suites (10th & P Streets) - if limit is not met before May 2, 2009.  

PACKET PICKUP - On Saturday, May 2 at the Embassy Suites (10th & P Streets) from 9 am to 4 pm and 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm in the Coliseum.  On race day, packet pickup in the Coliseum - building adjacent to Start Line (14th & Vine area) from 5:45 am to 7 am.

COURSE - The Lincoln National Guard Marathon and Half-Marathon presented by Aquafina is run on a citywide course that starts and finishes on the campus of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Runners in both races share a common start and run a loop route past the Nebraska State Capitol, along Sheridan Boulevard, past Union College, along the Highway 2 bike path, past the Lincoln County-City Building and back to the Half-Marathon finish on the UNL Campus. Marathoners then follow an out-and-back route to Holmes Park passing the Sunken Gardens, Folsom Children's Zoo and Antelope Park.

Both courses have been nationally certified by and according to the standards adopted by the USA Track & Field / Road Runners of America Committee on Certification.  Certificates: Marathon=NE99004KU; Half-Marathon=NE99003KU.  Marathon times are acceptable for qualifying in the Boston Marathon.  Qualifying times will be automatically forwarded to Boston for entry verification.

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AID STATIONS - Aid stations along the course are never more than 2.5 miles apart.  Water, Gatorade, and ice are available at each station.  GU Gel and orange slices are provided on the last half of the Marathon route.

PARTICIPANTS RECEIVE:

• medal for finishers
• night-before pastathon
• dri-fit shirt to all entrants
• single-use chip
• food and beverages at finish
• runners' expo
• finish time and place shortly after the race
• individual finisher photos (prints must be bought from photo company)
• post-race celebration and awards ceremony
• post-race massages available on a first come-first serve basis (marathoners only).

MASSAGES - Free massages will be available after the Lincoln Marathon to full-marathoners only.  Sports Massages are available to anyone for a fee in the days leading up to the marathon. If interested please contact one of these massage therapists (pdf). 

MARATHONERS' OPTION - Runners who enter the Marathon may switch to the Half-Marathon. Half-Marathon entrants may not switch to the Marathon.

MEDICAL - Medical assistance is available at each of the aid stations and at the finish. In order to provide as complete medical care as possible, we ask that you notify the medical director of any chronic medical condition you may have.  This includes any medical condition that you see a health practitioner for on a regular basis, any medication you are taking and, of course, any allergies you may have.  This information is kept confidential by medical personnel and is discarded after the race.  To insure your privacy please send this information directly to the Marathon Medical Director at 6232 So. 29th Circle, Lincoln NE 68516.

NATIONAL GUARD TRIALS - We are pleased to again host the National Guard Marathon Trials.  Army and Air Guard members representing each state and territory compete for positions on the National Guard Marathon Team.  Members of other military branches are eligible for the first place Armed Forces Team Division plaque.  For information and how to register your team, contact the Nebraska National Guard at 402-309-7359 or michael.hagen2@us.army.mil

POST RACE CELEBRATION & AWARDS CEREMONY - Join us after the race for food, drink and fun.  Refreshments at noon, followed by the Awards Ceremony.  Door prizes!

RESULTS - Results will be posted on the Internet even a couple times while the event is in progress at www.onlineraceresults.com.  Personalized results (certificates) can be printed from that site as well. 

SAFETY - For the safety of participants, volunteers and spectators, no unofficial bicycles, roller blades, roller skates, baby strollers, dogs or unregistered entrants are allowed on the race course.  Bicycles, skateboards, scooters, baby strollers, headphones, roller skates and roller blades are not permitted on the course.

VOLUNTEERING - If you are unable to run or are just coming along as a spectator, you can join the action by becoming a race volunteer!  All volunteers receive a T-shirt, refreshments and are eligible for random prizes.  Call 402-423-6150 for more information.

WEATHER - Average low at starting time is 45 degrees, average high at finish is 55-60 degrees.

Awards

Plaques are presented to the next nine men and women in the marathon and the first five men and women in the half-marathon.

Age Division Awards: Plaques will be presented to the first three men and women based upon chip time.  Age divisions: 19 & under and five-year increments thereafter (i.e. 20-24, 25-29, etc).   There will be no duplication of awards.

Lucky 13 Club: Any runner completing his/her 13th Lincoln Marathon will become a member of the "Lucky 13 Club".  A presentation will be held at the Awards Celebration.  Please indicate on your entry if you are eligible for this by entering the number of Lincoln Marathons that you've completed. For information contact Susan Scott at 402-488-6320

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