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![]() ![]() April 5, 2012 Course connections - MILE 0: The News and Sentinel Half Marathon and Two Mile Race share both the starting line and finish line. more »» ![]() April 5, 2012 MILE 0: The area around the starting lines for the News and Sentinel Races is rich in history. more »» ![]() April 5, 2012 Course connections - MILE 0: The U. more »» ![]() April 5, 2012 Course connections - MILE 0: Directly next to the starting line sits the Oil and Gas Museum. A number of artifacts from the boom era of oil and gas exploration are housed in and around the museum. more »» ![]() April 5, 2012 Course Connections - MILE .1: In the first block of the race you will pass the first of many churches, Trinity Episcopal is among downtown churches that ring bells at the stroke of 8 a.m. more »» ![]() April 5, 2012 Course Connections - MILE .1: Much of the first mile of the News and Sentinel Half Marathon is up hill and is ran on Juliana Street. In the second block of the race you pass a large federal buildin. more »» ![]() April 5, 2012 Course Connections - MILE .1: When you cross Fifth Street look to your left and you will see the logo for the Parkersburg News and Sentinel on the side of a warehouse. more »» ![]() April 5, 2012 Course Connections - MILE .1: When you cross Fifth Street look to your right and you will see the Smoot Theatre. more »» ![]() April 5, 2012 Course Connections - MILE .1: The lead sponsor of the News and Sentinel Races, the newspaper has been a Parkersburg business for more than 100 years and the lead sponsor of the races since 2002. more »» ![]() April 5, 2012 Course Connections - MILE .1: Half marathoners will go under the bridge three times and across the tracks once. The bridge originally was constructed in 1871 and is still used daily. more »» ![]() April 5, 2012 Course Connections - MILE .2: When you cross Eighth Street you leave the commercial area of Parkersburg and enter a residential area. more »» ![]() April 5, 2012 Course Connections - MILE .2 -.8: When you cross Ninth Street you enter the Julia-Ann Square Historic District. more »» ![]() April 5, 2012 Course Connections - MILE .7: When you turn left at the end of Juliana Street you will be on 13th Street. more »» ![]() April 5, 2012 Course Connections - MILE .8: As you make your way around the curve onto Ann Street you will see the former Nash School and the current home the Parkersburg Civic Ballet. more »» ![]() April 5, 2012 Course Connections - MILE .8: Near the end of Juliana you make a left onto 13th Street and then a right onto Anne Street as you make your way down the hill. more »» ![]() April 5, 2012 Course Connections - MILE .85: When you cross Murdoch Avenue, be on the look out for a small red house on the corner. Built in 1825, the Cook House is one of the oldest houses in Parkersburg. more »» ![]() April 5, 2012 Course Connections - MILE 1: When you turn left on to Garfield you will be nearly done with the first mile. more »» ![]() April 5, 2012 Course Connections - MILE 2: Hundreds of white footprints mark the route of the half marathon through Parkersburg. more »» ![]() April 5, 2012 Course Connections - MILE 1.7: You pass under a pedestrian walkway that connects two parts of Camden Clark Medical Center as you run along Garfield Avenue. more »» ![]() April 5, 2012 Course Connections - MILE 2: As you round the corner onto Ann Street you begin a very long climb out of town that begins with the crossing of the Little Kanawha River as you head toward U.S 50. more »» ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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