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Runners (as well as volunteers and spectators) who come out for the race will also help to support a worthy cause for local area residents, as proceeds from the race and sponsorship gifts will be donated to the ABC House Child Abuse Assessment Center, a locally-based nonprofit that handles as many as 500 cases of child abuse each year.
The course for the race will start on Weirich Drive near the shore of Cheadle Lake. From there, runners will follow a counter-clockwise loop route that heads north into Lebanon, along River Drive, Russell Drive and Franklin Street before turning on Oak Street to head up to East Grant Street. Once they make it to East Grant, runners then head over the river across the bridge, past River Park.
Once over the river, runners turn right onto Berlin Road and remain on Berlin for about the next five and a half miles, making their way up a very gradual uphill stretch over the miles along the river. Most of the rest of the course keeps runners along the river (except for a stretch between mile markers 7 and 8), as runners cross a second bridge around the mile 9 marker and head into Waterloo. Once they make the turn at Waterloo, the course then brings runners northwest back toward Cheadle Lake, back to the finish line at the boat ramp.
The scheduled starting time for the race is 9:00 AM, and runners will need to be able to complete the race's 13.1 miles within 4 1/2 hours. The race also will be limited to 1,500 runners.
