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This race is one of two Heels and Hills annual events - the other is the Heels and Hills Half Marathon, 10K, 5K, and 1 Mile Fun Run, with our fifth year celebration of that signature event on May 1, 2011.
The signature Heels and Hills event, Heels and Hills Half in May, is extremely focused on our core audience (getting women fit), although men can participate - however, the event colors are hot pink, there's a high heel and a girl running in the logo, and men can not win awards in the main event, the half marathon!
We started to hear from both women and men who wanted to bring the same untimidating atmosphere to more men in their lives, so Heels and Hills and Him Half was developed to be a slightly more co-ed event - men can win awards in all events, and the event logo is blue with a boy and a cowboy boot! But the focus is still on fun and a friendly race atmosphere!
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Half Marathon (13.1 Miles), 10K (6.2 miles), 5K (3.1 Miles), and 1 Mile Fun Run
There are aid stations every 1.5 to 2 miles with water and sports drink available at each.
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Beautiful course - city paved trail weaves through woods, along the city canal system, by ponds, and beautiful neighborhoods
A Shirt You Will WANT To Wear Again - Choice of technical shirts for entrants in half marathon and 10K for women - short sleeve or long sleeve!
Gorgeous colored finisher medal for half marathoners
Aid stations with water and sports drink every 1.5-2 miles
Walker friendly with a course time limit of 4 hours
Bib personalized with your name on it! (if registered by September 1) |
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Half Marathon:
- All half marathon finishers receive a gorgeous colored finisher's medal.Unlike the very women-focused Heels and Hills Half Marathon in May, we let men win awards in the half marathon at this event!
- MALE & FEMALE – Overall 1st place and Masters 1st place
- MALE & FEMALE – The age group awards:14 & under, 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70 and over. Awards will be given for 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place in each age group.
- 1st place awarded in Clydesdale (men over 195 lbs) and Athena (women over 150 lbs).
10K:
- MALE & FEMALE – Overall 1st place and Masters 1st place
- MALE & FEMALE– The age groups awards:14 & under, 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70 and over. Awards will be given for 1st place in each age group.
- 1st place awarded in Clydesdale (men over 195 lbs) and Athena (women over 150 lbs).
5K:
- MALE & FEMALE – Overall 1st place and Masters 1st place
- MALE & FEMALE– The age groups awards:14 & under, 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70 and over. Awards will be given for 1st place in each age group.
- 1st place awarded in Clydesdale (men over 195 lbs) and Athena (women over 150 lbs).
Top overall finisher awards are based on gun time. Age group finisher awards are based on chip times.
No awards or results in the 1 Mile Fun Run.
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Since we have onsite parking capability, there will not be a bag drop area.
We will again be using the IPICO chip timing system. The IPICO RFID timing system works by reading your start and finish times when you cross over the mats at the start/finish line. This flat IPICO chip/tag is attached to your shoe flat against the shoelaces and will need to be returned after the race. If you own a ChampionChip, it will not work with this system. Pick up your timing chip during packet pickup.
A couple years ago, the City of Irving asked Heels and Hills to showcase their beautiful Campion Trails, and we're happy to work with them as the city paved trail weaves through woods, along the city canal system, by ponds, and beautiful neighborhoods! The course features these trails and the streets in the Las Colinas Blvd / Williams Square area.
The course is subject to potentially significant change, especially in case of inclement weather or construction as the city of Las Colinas/Irving is in a period of high commercial and residential development! There is always the possibility in the case of the above items that the course may be shortened to multiple shorter loops to still proceed with the event. Further, some trails are so new they aren't available on maps yet, making mapping difficult. The USATF certified course number for the half marathon is TX10057ETM.
The 5K and 10K is a shortened version of the half marathon course.
Walker-friendly time limit of 4 hours (that's a pace of 18 minutes per mile for the half marathon).
10K and Half Marathon Entrants: For women: your choice of short sleeve or long sleeve technical shirt, both in women-specific sizing. For men: unisex short sleeve technical shirt.
5K and 1 Mile Entrants: Cotton race t-shirt available in Youth and Adult sizes.
Choices are available while supplies last. We will remove choices of sizes and styles as we run out of inventory, since shirts have to ordered months in advance based on a guess of what sizes and styles will be chosen.
Holiday Inn Express Hotel and Suites
333 W. John Carpenter Freeway
Irving, Texas 75039
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| Friday, Sept. 24, 2010 |
2 PM - 6 PM |
Host Hotel/Packet Pickup Location |
| Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010 |
9 AM - 5 PM |
Host Hotel/Packet Pickup Location |
| Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010 |
6 AM - 7:15 AM |
Race Site ONLY (NOT at hotel) |
Those that chose "Race Day at the Event" for their packet pickup choice during registration may pick up before race day at packet pickup.
How to pick up another person's packet? Bring a signed note or printed email giving permission from that person.
To facilitate a smooth operation event morning, we encourage all participants to pick up your packet before race day.
Lots of free goodies await those that pick up early at the hotel with fun product samples which will not be available for those picking up race day morning!
No-shows (those who do not pick up their packet race week or race day) will not be mailed their event shirt.
6:00 am – Race Day Packet Pickup and Chip Pickup
7:10 am – 1 Mile Fun Run Start
7:15 am – Packet Pickup and Chip Pickup ENDS
7:30 am – Half Marathon Start
7:35 am – 10K Start
7:45 am – 5K Start
9:15 am – Estimated time of 5K Awards
9:30 am – Estimated time of 10K Awards
10:00 am – Estimated time of Half Marathon Awards
11:30 am – Half Marathon Course Closes
There will be no race day registration.
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Williams Square is a plaza in Las Colinas / Irving that contains the beautiful Las Colinas bronze mustangs. The physical address for Williams Square is 5221 N O'Connor Blvd, Irving, TX.
Parking will be available at the race site - we are working on expanded parking from the May Heels and Hills event currently and will post more info here when it is available!
Father/Son and Father/Daughter Pairs
Teams - have all friends put down the same name. Special recognition for biggest team!
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