Press Release:

After careful planning, the Boulder Marathon is excited to announce our new event, the inaugural 2010 Boulder Spring Half. The new event is slated for Sunday, March 14th, 2010 and the start and finish for the event will take place at the City of Boulder Reservoir. Filling a need on the Colorado running schedule for a quality early season distance event on the front range, the “Spring Half” will feature three distances: the Boulder Spring Half (13.1 miles); a 10 mile distance, and a 10 kilometer distance (6.2 miles). The Spring Half course will be the same exact course as the fall Boulder Half Marathon course. The 10 mile and 10k courses are held on the half marathon route and each will have a turnaround point (at 5 miles and 3.1 miles). Register

The Boulder Spring Half is the perfect compliment to the fall Boulder Marathon event – and the new event occurs almost exactly 6 months before the 2010 Boulder Marathon. For the runner or walker looking for motivation to train in the winter months, the Boulder Spring Half is for you! All participants receive a quality technical running shirt, goodie bag, great food and a medal for finishing. Many of the Boulder Marathon sponsors are lined up again, including California Pizza Kitchen and Boulder Beer…Early bird registration is still up for the Boulder Spring Half events, and you can save $10 on each event by registering by midnight tonight. In its first year, the Boulder Spring Half will have a cap of 1,000 registrants. So if you want to be one of the lucky ones to participate in this first year event, register soon! And don’t forget to set your clock forward one hour as the Boulder Spring Half takes place on daylight savings (and we have set the start time at 9am to compensate for the hour lost on this day).