Map of the Big Bear Lake Marathon
The Big Bear Lake Marathon is September 12th, 2009. Which means if you’re planning on participating you need to start training NOW! If you’re not interesting in running the full marathon, there will also be a 13 mile half marathon, a 5k run, a 1 mile kids run, and a 26 mile bike tour. This is entirely different from last year’s event. New course. Managed by entirely different people (The Lighthouse Project)….which in my opinion is a good thing. The course is much more scenic and the people involved with putting on the event are much more organized.
The course loops around the lakeshore of Big Bear Lake starting at Pine Knot Avenue and going towards Big Bear Dam. From there, you run through Fawnskin along North Shore Drive, across Stanfield Cutoff, through the gated community of Eagles Knoll and back across the North Shore through the Alpine Pedal Path, and back to Pine Knot Avenue.
Looking at the elevation map below, it looks like the first and last 3-4 miles will be the hardest.
Elevation Map for All Events
If you haven’t signed up, here’s the registration site. If you don’t plan on running make sure you make note of this date…the roads will be closed until about 4:30pm that day. I won’t be the first person to cross the finish line, but I do plan on participating. Hope to see you out there!
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