New Jax Marathon course?
Looks like Doug Alred was contemplating a new course for the Jacksonville Marathon last year that would have come down Woodmere through my neighborhood.
Turning off of Herschel onto Woodmere would be the halfway point. After a trip over to Ortega (all the way to FYC) we would come back up Herschel and hit the 20-mile wall at Hungry Howie's before finishing at the stadium.
The first couple of miles would be fast (out of pure necessity) as we run through some (ahem) redeveloping areas of Springfield, almost to 8th Street. Pack yer heat!
I like the idea of a course that would start and finish downtown. Perhaps Doug is looking to make this race larger on the national scene now that it has local competition from Donna Hicken's marathon in February.