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RaceIndex has a GPS course file for Larking Gowen Ipswich Half Marathon, so runners can inspect the route line on the map. Elevation charts and ascent figures appear only when that file includes usable elevation data.
The Larking Gowen Ipswich Half Marathon is described as gently rolling.
The Larking Gowen Ipswich Half Marathon route starts at Portman Road Stadium, Ipswich (IP1 2DA), home of Ipswich Town FC and finishes at Portman Road Stadium, Ipswich. Underfoot, expect a road course. It passes Portman Road Stadium, Duke Street, Ipswich Waterfront, Cliff Lane and River Orwell. Route heads down Duke Street, through the Ipswich Waterfront and along Cliff Lane, continues around the River Orwell to Wherstead Road and back along Grafton Way to the finish at the stadium.
Designated baggage store available at the event. Closed-roads course; organiser provides an interactive road closure map and road closure poster. Friendly pacers on the course (sponsored by Arla Protein) carrying flags showing target finish times. Chip-timed.