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Schedule Of Events
Cincinnati Flying Pig Half Marathon
Start: 6:30 a.m. Sunday, May 1, 2011

Course Information:
Online Registration Is Open
for the 13th Flying Pig Marathon
Register Here
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  • Course Tour by Brian Nash

  • Minimum age to participate on race day (Sunday, May 1, 2011) is 14 years for the Flying Pig Half Marathon.

    The half marathon will start at 6:30 a.m. on Sunday, May 1, 2011, at the same time as the full marathon field. The two groups will run together for approximately nine miles, when the half marathon field will turn back toward downtown and end at the Marathon finish line along Yeatman's Cove.

    Walkers are welcome in the half marathon.

    Runner Amenities — All preregistered Half Marathon participants will receive a commemorative T-shirt, limited edition poster, goodie bag, and a "special gift." All Half Marathon finishers will receive a finisher's medal, a mylar blanket, and Finish-area refreshments. Finisher's certificates will be available here for downloading after the race.

    Registration and packet pickup will be held Friday, April 29, 2011 from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday, April 30, 2011 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the P&G Health & Fitness Expo located at the Duke Energy Center, 525 Elm Street, Cincinnati, Ohio.

    The LORD’S GYM Pump N’ Run Half Marathon Option (PNRHALF).

    IF YOU WISH TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PUMP N’ RUN YOU MUST REGISTER FOR BOTH THE FLYING PIG EVENT YOU WISH TO RUN AND REGISTER TO DO THE PUMP N’ RUN AT THEIR WEBSITE www.pumpandrunrace.com.

    A “Total Fitness Experience” offered to all Half Marathon participants, which uniquely combines weight lifting and running skills. An athlete will bench press a percentage of their body weight based upon age and gender, and will earn a 2 minute reduction off their run-time for each bench press repetition. Participant will have the same running experience as their other Half Marathon peers, but will now be able to compete for additional cross training awards! For details of the PNR, and additional non-running cross training events offered at the Flying PIG, link here... EVENT INFORMATION


    Course Description

    RSO - means use right side only as runners flow around the course.
    SS means all southside lanes etc.
    ALL means all of street.
    • Start west of Elm on Mehring Way - ALL
    • East on Mehring Way - ALL
    • North on Main Street - ALL
    • East on Third Street - ALL
    • South on Broadway - ALL
    • Continue straight onto Taylor-Southgate Bridge into Newport - ALL
    • Go straight onto York into Newport -ALL
    • West on 4th Street - ALL
    • 4th Street runs onto the Licking River Bridge - All
    • Continue on 4th Street into Covington - ALL
    • North on Clay Wade Bailey Bridge towards Cincinnati- ALL
    • Left on Third Street in Cincinnati - ALL
    • Third Street becomes Linn St. at Gest St. - ALL
    • Continue on Linn Street - ALL
    • Right on 8th Street - ALL
    • Take the 7th Street Exit - ALL
    • Continue on 7th Street - ALL
    • At the end of 7th Street go straight onto the Gilbert Ave. ramp - ALL
    • Continue on Gilbert - ALL
    • Right on Eden Park Drive - ALL
    • Take left fork at Mirror Lake - ALL
    • Follow Eden Park Drive around Mirror Lake - Eden Park Drive makes a right turn at the Gazebo and follows past the Krohn Conservatory - ALL
    • Right on Lakes Dr. into Eden Park Overlook - ALL
    • Right coming out of Lakes Dr. (Eden Park Overlook) back onto Eden Park Drive - ALL
    • Eden Park Drive becomes Victory Parkway as it makes a right turn - RSO
    • Follow Victory Parkway - RSO
    • Right on McMillan - ALL
    • Left on Woodburn - ALL - at William Howard Taft - RSO
    • Left on Madison -WS
    • Madison becomes Martin Luther King WS
    • Left on Gilbert - ES
    • Left on Sinton Ave.
    • Right on Nassau St.
    • Left back onto Gilbert
    • At Eden Park Drive switch to WS
    • Right on Elsinore - ALL
    • Left on Reading -ES
    • Reading becomes Central Parkway at Short Reading - ALL
    • Turn around on Central Parkway at the Walnut St. intersection - ALL
    • Return going east on south side of Central Parkway ALL
    • Right on Eggleston - WS
    • Right on Pete Rose Way- SS to Finish at US Bank Arena.