Half Marathon

2011 Tyler Rose Slideshow

Start Time:
Sunday, October 7, 2012
8:00 am Central DST - Tyler Rose Half Marathon start

Location of Start/Finish Line:
The Tyler Rose events will start and end in the Rose Garden Center.

Course Time Limit:
The course will be open for 6 1/2 hours. This means walkers are welcome to participate in the half marathon.

Half Marathon Fees:
$55 through July 1, 2012
$65 July 2 through October 4, 2012

There will be no race day registration

Register Online

Printable Entry Form - We cannot guarantee receipt of a mail in entry if mailed after September 30, 2011.

Pace Teams:
We will have pace teams at the 2011 Rose half marathon. Our leaders will be guiding you to finish times of 1:40, 1:50, 2:00, 2:10, 2:20, and 2:30. Our pace teams are staffed and provided by the Dallas Running Club.

Benefiting:
The Tyler Rose Half benefits The UT Tyler Cross Country and Track Teams. UT Tyler's Cross Country and Track athletes are not only great athletes; they are also outstanding students who serve the community. These programs are attempting to make running a premier sport in East Texas. Accordingly, the benefits from this event will be used to improve the team's training, equipment and enhance the level of competition so that student-athletes from all over the state of Texas will want to compete for the Patriots!

Packet Pickup and Late Registration:
Our packet pickup will take place at the Tyler Rose Garden Center.You may register and pay in person at packet pickup. Our packet pickup and late registration will take place on Saturday, October 6, 2012 from 9 a.m. to 6 pm. Although, you will also be able to get your packet race morning at the same location, you must be registered by 6 pm. on Saturday. There will be no race day registration. Our packet pickup will be held at the Rose Garden Center at 420 Rose Park Drive in Tyler.

ChronoTrack Timing at the Tyler Rose:
The Tyler Rose will use ChronoTrack timing system, which records your time precisely from start to finish. Chrontrack is the latest timing technology. No more lining up to get your timing chip race morning, and no waiting to have your timing chip retrieved at the finish line! Awards will be based on gun time.

First Class Event T-shirt:
The Tyler Rose will have a first class runner's technical t-shirt for all entrants in the half marathon. These shirts wil be gender specific in fit.

Tyler Rose Half Marathon Awards:
Awards will be given to the overall and masters male and female finisher. The top three finishers in the following age groups qualify for awards: 15 & under, 16-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70+. Although chip timing affords run events to produce quick fast timing results, it was never intended to be the benchmark for finish order. We feel that this is a foot race against other human beings and not against a computer system. The first one back across the finish line is the winner. If your finish placement is important to you, we suggest you line up in the front rows at the start.

Half Marathon Finisher Awards:
All half marathon finishers will receive a Tyler Rose finisher medal for their efforts in the finish line area. At all Mellew Production events, we try to call out everyone's name as you finish.

Medical:
We will have medical personnel at the start/finish lines and at five different points on both the marathon and half marathon course. We will also have cyclists roaming the course monitoring all runners.All water stations staff are also connected to our communications system, should you need aid just let anyone at a water station know that you need help and they will get imedical aid to you.

Should you be unable to finish your distance, we will have event staff in support vehicles that will come and return you to the finish line. If you are running the marathon and complete the first 13.1 miles of the course and you do not finish, you will receive a half marathon finisher medal.

Port-let Placement:
Click here to see location of our port-lets on the course

Parking:
There will be plenty of free parking next to the Rose Garden Center. Note: to get parking in the lots next to the center you must arrive by 7:25 am. Access to the parking lots will be blocked during the start of all the events. If you arrive after 7:25 you will need to park outside the fairground lots off of Front Street and walk in.

Bag Check:
We will have a location in the event area should you wish leave a bag with your belongings.

Showers:
We will have a portable shower truck facility available courtesy of the Green Acres Baptist Church in Tyler. Towels and supplies are provided so you can clean up after the event should you so desire.

Travel:
Tyler, Texas is located 80 miles east of Dallas, Texas on I-20. If you are planning to fly to Tyler, American Eagle and Continental has 10 flights daily to Tyler. When booking a flight make sure you out your destination as TYR, rather than a connection through a Texas airport such as DFW. It is more cost effective to do this. You will need to get a rental car in Tyler. There are no hotels next to our start/finish line.

Event Photography: Our official race photographer will be Jerry Glover Photography. For information about photos please click on their logo below.

Race Recovery Food Court and Finish Line festival:
The Tyler Rose will host a post-race party in the Rose Garden center, which is next to the finish line with plenty of post race food, liquids & activities.

Entry Requirements:
You must be able to complete the half marathon in 4 hours. Slower runners and walkers who are not able to keep the respective pace will be subject to street re-openings/bridge openings and will need to proceed using sidewalks and road breakdown lanes. The finish line will remain open for 6 1/2 hours, therefore, you will still receive your finisher's medal.

You must be at least 12 years old to run the Tyler Rose Half Marathon.
The following are strictly prohibited from the course: dogs, baby joggers, in-line skates, bicycles and any other non-official wheeled vehicles.

Hydration Stations:
We will have aid stations positioned approximately every 1 to 1 1/2 miles.