PARKING IS LIMITED! Please read below!
Race begins in parking lot near Higgins (72)/Arlington Heights Road. PARKING: is available in the lot at Higgins(72)/Arlington Heights Road. It is Grove 5 and there is parking all along the street in the forest preserve.
***THIS LOT WILL CLOSE WHEN ALL SPOTS ARE FULL OR AT 8am AS THE 1/2 MARATHON BEGINS AT 8:30!!!
Once the parking lot closes (there are approx. 250 spots), the lot directors will instruct you where to go as there are two options:
1. Neighborhood streets BEHIND Elk Grove Bowl. ***THERE IS NO PARKING ALLOWED IN ELK GROVE BOWL as they have a Saturday morning league.*** The neighborhood streets have PLENTY of parking and are only a 1/2 mile away from the pavilion where packet pickup is (and you can park whenever as opposed to having to arrive before 8am, for all you 5k-ers:))
2. CHASE bank, located at the intersection of Higgins (72) and Arlington Heights Road, opposite the side of Elk Grove Bowl. It is right behind the gas station... if you are exiting the forest preserve lot, turn RIGHT and take the second LEFT (the first one is into the gas station). IF the Chase lot fills up, there is street parking right behind Chase as well.
We will have volunteers working the crosswalk from Higgins/Arlington Heights Road.
AIDE STATIONS:
1/2 marathon: aide stations for the 1/2 Marathon will be every two miles (2.3, 4.25, 6.5, 9.5, 11.25 and finish line) with PowerBar Perform (available at Village Cycle Sport, REI and GNC). There is also a gel stop with multiple PowerGel flavors offered at mile 6.5 and mile 9.5
5k run/walk: there will be one aide station of water and PowerBar Perform in the 5k at the 2 mile mark.
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS:
Half marathon starts and heads South towards Busse Lake, turns around and head back north across Higgins. Follow the path until the turnaround close to Golf/I-90.
Race Course:
HALF MARATHON: Race begins in Busse Woods parking lot (off of the intersection of Higgins (72)/Arlington Heights Road), follows the lot to turnaround in cul-de-sac, then turns left and follows the path toward 90/Jane Addams and returns to the finish only 100m from the start!
***THIS LOT WILL CLOSE WHEN ALL SPOTS ARE FULL OR AT 8am AS THE 1/2 MARATHON BEGINS AT 8:30!!!
Once the parking lot closes (there are approx. 250 spots), the lot directors will instruct you where to go as there are two options:
1. Neighborhood streets BEHIND Elk Grove Bowl. ***THERE IS NO PARKING ALLOWED IN ELK GROVE BOWL as they have a Saturday morning league.*** The neighborhood streets have PLENTY of parking and are only a 1/2 mile away from the pavilion where packet pickup is (and you can park whenever as opposed to having to arrive before 8am, for all you 5k-ers:))
2. CHASE bank, located at the intersection of Higgins (72) and Arlington Heights Road, opposite the side of Elk Grove Bowl. It is right behind the gas station... if you are exiting the forest preserve lot, turn RIGHT and take the second LEFT (the first one is into the gas station). IF the Chase lot fills up, there is street parking right behind Chase as well.
We will have volunteers working the crosswalk from Higgins/Arlington Heights Road.
AIDE STATIONS:
1/2 marathon: aide stations for the 1/2 Marathon will be every two miles (2.3, 4.25, 6.5, 9.5, 11.25 and finish line) with PowerBar Perform (available at Village Cycle Sport, REI and GNC). There is also a gel stop with multiple PowerGel flavors offered at mile 6.5 and mile 9.5
5k run/walk: there will be one aide station of water and PowerBar Perform in the 5k at the 2 mile mark.
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS:
Half marathon starts and heads South towards Busse Lake, turns around and head back north across Higgins. Follow the path until the turnaround close to Golf/I-90.
Race Course:
HALF MARATHON: Race begins in Busse Woods parking lot (off of the intersection of Higgins (72)/Arlington Heights Road), follows the lot to turnaround in cul-de-sac, then turns left and follows the path toward 90/Jane Addams and returns to the finish only 100m from the start!
