Run Like Hell! Portland, OR Sunday October 19th 2008 A BENEFIT FOR:

COURSE MAP AND DRIVING DIRECTIONS

From the West: Take HWY 26 to the Market St/ City Center exit and follow that down to 10th Ave. Turn left on 10th Ave, once you get to Salmon start looking for parking.

From the East: I-84 WEST toward PORTLAND
Take the I-5 SOUTH Left exit onto MORRISON BRG toward MORRISON ST./CITY CENTER. Go over the bridge and once you get to 3rd or 4th ave start looking for parking.

From the North: Take I-5 SOUTH to exit 300B Morrison Bridge / City Center exit and come over the Morrison Bridge, once you get to 3rd or 4th ave start looking for parking.

From the South: Take I-5 north to exit #299B/I-405 onto SW HARBOR DR. Cross Naito and turn right on 4th. Once you get to Salmon or Taylor start looking for parking.

For Lodging, check out the
Portland Oregon visitor's association website

The race begins and ends near Pioneer Square in Downtown Portland. You can find parking on the street or in a parking garage. Since it is Sunday Parking is free at metered spots. there are also Smart Parks at :

• 1ST AND JEFFERSON
• 4TH AND YAMHILL
• 3RD AND ALDER

Run Like Hell! Course Maps

These maps are in the process of being updated. With the city in constant growth ( a good thing we think...) the routes we have are constantly being tweaked to avoid construction and the like. Althought the course will not change much from the previous years, we are in the process of working with the city and approving a route that works for all. Once approved we will update the course maps and have them online.

The course will roughly be the same and here is a description of the terrain...

The half marathon starts with about five miles of flat, then eases into about a 3 mile gradual uphill. At about mile 8 the course climbs and flattens and then climbs again for a total of about a mile (distance, not elevation, the total elevation gain between mile 4 and mile 9 is only about 400ft) and then essentially ends with about 4 miles of rolling downhill.

Click here for a profile of the half marathon course. Note on the profile that you start off at about 80 feet and the highest point on the course is only 487 feet...

There are water stops / toilets at roughly:

Mile 1.5 / 3 / 5 / 7 / 9 / 11