• (Starts) Wildcat Springs
Boat Dock, Hamilton, IL (Next to Great Lakes Boat Company) & (Ends) Nauvoo
State Park
• Online registration at
www.greatriverroadrun.com
or
call 217-357-8563. Find us on Facebook
• Proceeds go to Hancock
County Food Pantries
• Great River Road Run 1/2
Marathon, 5K Walk, or (approx.) 55 mile bike ride.
• The Great River Road Run ½
Marathon/5K/30 mile ride is located in what is sometimes referred to as the
heart of America. This course offers breathtaking views and majestic landscapes
that inspire and sooth the soul. Nature has been kind to the banks and bluffs
along this route. The Great River Road Run will set you alongside the mighty
Mississippi as you make your way from Hamilton, Illinois to Nauvoo, Illinois.
Bicyclist will forge on around and through the countryside back to the start.
The beautiful fall setting will be spectacular as you make your way through the
course.
• The course for the race
takes participants entirely on paved surfaces, starting at the Great River Boat
Company in Hamilton, IL beginning at 8:00 AM. From there, the course takes
participants along the mighty Mississippi then into historic Nauvoo winding
around some city streets then ends in the Nauvoo State Park, except for
bicyclists which will continue on through the countryside back to the start.
The first 13 miles of course will be closed to traffic. There are shuttle
busses to transport runners/walkers back to the beginning after the race.