Prairie fire Marathon coming soon

As you may already know the Prairie Fire marathon is coming up soon. It is held in front of the Hyatt Hotel on 10/10/10. The race starts at 8:00 A.M. My mom and I will both participate in the half. This will be my first half and my mom's 3rd. We will both shoot for under 2 hours, a 9 minute 9 second mile pace.We have been training for about 10 weeks and hope that pays off. Sadly only the full marathon has pace groups so we will just have to push it. The age limit for the half is 12 and 16 for the full so I just made it. The course takes you through the heart of Wichita showing off some of it's wonderful landmarks. It also takes you through a little residential area. They have an elevation map on the website, http://www.prairiefiremarathon.com/. It rises about 60 ft in the first 5 1/2 miles then as we start back for town it levels out. One of the good things about the larger races is that you get a finishers medal which is great for people who are just going for a life accomplishment. Good luck to all who are participating.