Course

A 13.1 mile USATF Certified course beginning in Union Square of Downtown Hickory. Average temperatures in June range between 63°F and 84°F, while rainfall averages nearly 4.75 inches for the month.

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2012 Charity Chase Half Marathon Route

  Turn-By-Turn Course Directions
• On Main Ave., NW between 3rd Street, NW and 4th Street, NW block).
• Right onto 4th St. Dr. NW
• Right on 13th Ave. NE and cross 127 (2nd St. NE)
• Left on 3rd St. NE (Hickory High)
• Right on 14th Ave. NE
• Right on 5th St. NE
• Left on 5th St. NE (in front of baseball field), which turns into 8th Avenue, NE
• Right on 8th Street, NE that turns into Main Avenue by St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church
• Continue on Main Ave NW and back through downtown (about mile 4.5 and the first person through could be at 6:54 a.m. and last person through should be no later than 7:38 a.m.)
• Right 4th St. Dr. NW
• Left on 13th Ave. Pl. NW
• Right on 4th St. NW
• Left on 16th Ave. NW (near Corinth)
• Right on 5th St. NW (middle of that 90 degree turn-go into that neighborhood)
• Right on 18th Ave. Ln. NW
• Left on 4th St. Pl. NW
• Left on 19th Ave. Cir. NW
• Right onto 6th St. NW-turns into 21st Ave. NW (by the lake)
• Right into Geitner Park and then left onto bike route
• Exit onto 12th St. Dr. NW and follow onto Old Lenoir Rd
• Right on 9th St. NW
• Left on Main Ave NW and finish between 3rd Street, NW and 4th Street, NW


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