Athens Big Fork Trail Marathon

• Date: January 07, 2012
• Address: , Big Fork, Arkansas Get directions
• Country: United States
• Race type: Run (Marathon)
• Distances: Run (26.20 miles)
• Organization:
• Website: http://www.athensbigforkmarathon.com/default.aspx
• Contact email: [email protected]
• Description: The Athens-Big Fork Trail Marathon and Blaylock Creek 17 Mile Fun Run take place on the Athens-Big Fork Trail. This is actually > 100 year old horse postal trail. After running this, you will wish you had a horse!
  
  The course is an out and back course. You first run almost 3 miles on roads - paved and gravel up to the start of the trail. Then you enter the Athens-Big Fork Trail - White Blazes. Follow the trail over 8 mountains.
  
  You pop out of the trail and need to go about a half mile down the gravel road to get your full 13.1. Then you turn around and go back. It's that easy!
  
  Here are some statistics for you to consider - this is the "out" of the out and back:
  Max Elevation: 2028
  Min Elevation: 1023
  Climbing Elevation Gain: 4600 feet
  Climbing Distance: 7.10 miles
  Average Grade: 12%
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