GAP factor 0.2% slower than flat · net elevation 0 m
Decision summary
Lower than 82% of comparable mapped races
3:30:00 total cut-off
Historical race-date favourability, not a forecast
Verified GPS route
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RaceIndex has a GPS course file for Parkway Subaru Battleship Half Marathon & GFL 10K|5K (Wilmington), 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 Parkway Subaru Battleship Half Marathon & GFL 10K|5K (Wilmington) route has 84 m of ascent, 84 m of descent and an estimated 0.2% grade-adjusted pace penalty versus a flat route.
The Parkway Subaru Battleship Half Marathon & GFL 10K|5K (Wilmington) route starts at Water Street Park, on Princess Street between Water Street and Front Street, Wilmington, NC 28401 and finishes at Water Street Park, downtown Wilmington (start and finish are the same). Underfoot, expect roads through downtown plus the paved Greenway trail around Greenfield Lake. It passes USS North Carolina (Battleship NC), Cape Fear River, Cape Fear Memorial Bridge, Historic downtown Wilmington and Front Street. Race bib includes free admission ticket to tour the USS North Carolina battleship memorial.
Road closures affect Greenfield Lake Park, Wilmington Riverwalk, and Front, Water and Third streets from Cape Fear Memorial Bridge to Greenfield Street; a rubber strip is laid over the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge expansion joints for runner safety. 6:45 a.m. (timed to sunrise over the Cape Fear River). Pacers provided by Beast Pacing Group with splits at 1:30, 1:40, 1:45, 2:00, 2:15, 2:30, 2:45, 3:00 and 3:30. Race bib includes free admission ticket to tour the USS North Carolina battleship memorial.
The stored route produces 84 m of ascent, while a source states 120 m. GPS sampling and elevation models can produce different totals, so both are labelled rather than combined.
Its normalised GAP factor is 0.2% slower than a flat course, with about 84 m of total ascent.