SCHEDULE
Saturday, October 11
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM -- Number, T-shirt, and ChampionChip Pickup at Roberto Clemente Field on Park Drive in the Back Bay Fens, Boston

Sunday, October 12 (RACE DAY)
6:30 AM - 7:45 AM -- Number, T-shirt, and ChampionChip Pickup at Roberto Clemente Field on Park Drive in the Back Bay Fens, Boston
8:00 AM -- START
10:30 AM -- Awards Ceremony
10:30 AM -- Course closes
11:00 AM -- Finish area and facilities close

NUMBER AND T-SHIRT PICK-UP
Your Number Pick-up Card has been mailed to you. Imprinted on this card is your race number and information you provided to the B.A.A. during the entry process.

Please verify the accuracy of the information printed on this card. If any changes need to be made, call the B.A.A. Registration Office at 508-435-6905 or send an email detailing the necessary correction to registration@baa.org by October 3.

YOUR NUMBER PICK-UP CARD IS REQUIRED TO CLAIM YOUR BIB NUMBER AND T-SHIRT.

Please be prepared to show proper identification. If you have lost your Number Pick-up Card, a duplicate will be issued upon presentation of your photo identification.

To have a friend pick up your bib number and race packet, you must first sign the card. The friend must write his/her name and address on the card and present photo identification at Number Pick-up.

A computer timing chip will be enclosed with your bib number. Volunteers will be available to answer questions and provide instructions on attaching the chip. You will receive your B.A.A. Half Marathon T-shirt at Number Pick-up..

BAGGAGE CHECK
Entrants can check belongings at a designated location near the start. Bags will be provided and belongings must be claimed following the race.

COURSE
The 13.1-mile, rolling course combines both a looped and out-and-back route, beginning and ending at Roberto Clemente Field in the Back Bay Fens neighborhood of Boston (also known as the Fenway). With a start on Park Drive adjacent to Roberto Clemente Field, the course proceeds through the Riverway and over Route 9 into Brookline. The course then passes Jamaica Pond and the Arborway on its way to Franklin Park, with a turnaround in the Franklin Park Zoo. Returning from Franklin Park, the course follows the Arborway to the Jamaicaway to the Riverway before finishing back in the Fenway neighborhood at Roberto Clemente Field.

COURSE AMENITIES
Fluid Replacement
Poland Spring Water will be available at every other mile beginning at mile 2, and Gatorade Endurance Formula™ will be available at miles 6 and 10.

PowerGel® will be available at approximately mile 8.
PowerGel is a concentrated, carbohydrate gel that delivers immediate energy for endurance athletes.

To help B.A.A. Half Marathon participants with their specialized hydration needs, the B.A.A. provides Gatorade Endurance Formula on-course. Gatorade Endurance Formula contains a unique five-electrolyte blend including nearly twice the sodium (200 mg) and three times the potassium (90 mg) of Gatorade Thirst Quencher, as well as calcium, magnesium, and chloride, to help athletes better replace what they lose in sweat during longer and more intense active occasions, such as training for and competing in the B.A.A. Half Marathon.

To learn more about how to develop your personal hydration plan, visit www.gatorade.com/endurance.

Port-o-johns
For your convenience, an ample number of port-o-johns will be placed on Clemente Field for use before and after the race. Please use these facilities. Participants are requested to respect the surrounding private and public property by using the port-o-johns provided. Also, port-o-johns will be placed near each fluid replacement station on the course (at every other mile, beginning at mile 2).

Medical
Medical personnel will be available to give emergency care, as well as attend to non-critical injuries, at miles 1, 3.5, 6, 8.5, 10.5 and the finish.

Course Clocks and Mile Signage
Digital clocks, positioned at every mile and at the finish line, will indicate the unofficial time from the starter's gun.

Drop-out and Course Closure
Runners unable to finish the race may stop at one of the medical facilities along the course for assistance and direction. Sweep vans will follow the race, picking up runners who are unable to finish the course. Finish area facilities officially close at 11:00 AM.

For safety reasons, strollers, in-line skates, skateboards and like vehicles of any kind, animals, and the use of headphones are not permitted.

FINISH
At the finish, volunteers will direct you to the refreshment areas, if necessary, the medical tent, and for official participants who finish by 11:00 AM, the finishers' medals.

Note: You will be required to return the ChampionChip that was provided to you prior to receiving your medal.

Medical facilities will be available at the finish. The B.A.A. is not responsible for event-related injuries, and athletes are responsible for individual expenses incurred. Only runners needing medical attention will be allowed to enter the medical tent.

TIMING AND RESULTS
The ChampionChip timing system will enable you to receive your net time, which will be your official time. The ChampionChip must be worn on your shoe for the entire race for you to be scored, timed, and to appear among the results as an official finisher.

Timing will conclude two hours, 30 minutes following the start. Roads and paths along the route will begin to reopen to traffic prior to the conclusion of timing and scoring, and those remaining on the course will be directed off the roadways and onto walkways by local police.

Results will be posted Sunday afternoon on both the B.A.A. website (www.baa.org) and Coolrunning (www.coolrunning.com).

DIRECTIONS TO START AND FINISH AREA AT ROBERTO CLEMENTE FIELD
located in the Fenway neighborhood of Boston.

Driving
FROM NORTH: Take I-93 South towards Boston. Exit Storrow Drive West and continue to the "Fenway" exit (left lane exit off Storrow Drive). You will be on an overpass and crossing over Commonwealth Avenue. Turn right onto Boylston Street. Continue on Boylston Street for approximately 1/4-mile, and go left or right onto Brookline Avenue for garage and street parking, where available.

FROM SOUTH: Take I-93 North towards Boston to the Southampton Street Exit (Exit 16). Turn left at end of exit ramp and continue on Southampton Street until the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard. Turn left onto Melnea Cass Boulevard; then, turn left onto Tremont Street. Take next right onto Ruggles Street and continue across Huntington Avenue. Ruggles Street becomes Louis Prang Street. When you get to The Fenway, continue on Louis Prang Street along the Fenway (Simmons College will be on your left) and take a right, going through The Fenway on Fenway Drive. Once you are through The Fenway, take a left on Park Drive. Turn right onto Boylston Street or Brookline Avenue for parking.

FROM WEST: Take I-90 (Massachusetts Turnpike) East to Boston. Exit at Cambridge tolls and proceed toward Cambridge. Turn right onto Storrow Drive East before crossing the Charles River. Continue on Storrow Drive East to the "Fenway" exit. Turn right onto Boylston Street. Go left or right onto Brookline Avenue for garage and street parking, where available. From parking areas on or near Brookline Avenue, walk towards Boston along Brookline Avenue to The Fenway and onto Park Drive. Walk along Park Drive to Roberto Clemente Field.

Parking
Limited parking is available in the Landmark Center Garage on Brookline Avenue or in the Longwood Medical Area garages for a fee, or you may park on the street. When exiting the Landmark garage, walk along Brookline Avenue to Park Drive. At Park Drive, walk along The Fenway to Roberto Clemente Field. Please observe City of Boston and Town of Brookline parking regulations in the area.

Public Transit (MBTA)
Green Line "E" train to the "Museum of Fine Arts" stop on Huntington Avenue. Then, walk 1/4-mile northwest on Forsyth Way (the Museum of Fine Arts will be on your left) towards and directly through The Fenway to Roberto Clemente Field.

OR the Green Line "D" train to the "Fenway" stop in the Riverway. Then, walk 1/2-mile southeast along Park Drive along The Fenway to Roberto Clemente Field.

OR the Green Line "B," "C" or "D" train to Kenmore Station at Kenmore Square. Then, walk 3/4-mile southwest on Brookline Avenue (cross over the Mass. Pike and pass Fenway Park) to Park Drive. Take left on Park Drive along The Fenway to Roberto Clemente Field.

AWARDS
The awards ceremony will begin at 10:30 AM.

Age group awards will be presented based on net time, and awarded to the first, second and third place finishers in the following age groups.

14 to 19 years old
20 to 29 years old
30 to 39 years old
40 to 49 years old
50 to 59 years old
60 to 69 years old
70 to 79 years old
80 years old and older

Team awards will also be given out in the following categories: Overall, 40-and-older, 50-and-older, and 60-and-older.

PRIZE MONEY
A total of $30,000 in prize money will be awarded equally to men and women, and based on the official (gun) time:

Place	Overall	Masters (40-and-older)	Push Rim Wheelchair
1st	$5,000	$500	$750
2nd	$3,000	$300	$500
3rd	$1,500	$100	$250
4th	$1,000
5th	$600
6th	$500
7th	$400
8th	$300
9th	$200
10th	$100

Masters division runners are NOT eligible for both overall prize money awards and masters division prize money awards. If a masters division runner qualifies for both, he or she will receive the greater of the two amounts.

DRUG TESTING
The event will engage the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), in accordance with the International Standards of Doping Control, to test selected athletes who earn prize money. Athletes who participate in the 2008 B.A.A. Half Marathon may be subject to drug testing in accordance with the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) Protocol for Olympic Movement Testing (USADA Protocol). USADA will be responsible for conducting comprehensive drug testing, as well as the adjudication of positive findings. Athletes with positive drug test results will have their cases adjudicated according to the USADA Protocol and will be penalized, if appropriate, according to applicable IAAF or World Anti Doping Agency rules. Such penalties may include, but not be limited to, a period of ineligibility from competition, as well as disqualification from past competitions and cancellation of awards and prizes previously awarded. Any substance taken by an athlete is at his/her own risk and may results in a positive sample. BEWARE: Some nutritional supplements, prescription, cold medicines and over-the-counter medications contain prohibited substances. For additional Information regarding specific drugs and substances call the USADA Drug Reference Line at 1-800-233-0393, or by visiting www.usantidoping.org or www.888athlete.org.

OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER
MarathonFoto is the official photographer of the B.A.A. Half Marathon. Each entrant will receive an email in the weeks following the race with details regarding the purchase of photographs. www.marathonfoto.com.

A WINNING TEAM
Since 1947, cancer patients around the world have come to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute to battle their diseases. Dana-Farber focuses exclusively on providing expert, compassionate care to children and adults, while simultaneously advancing the diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. As a result, U.S. News & World Report consistently ranks the Institute as the number one cancer center in New England.

Through thousands of inspirational fundraising events and the generosity of millions of people, the Jimmy Fund has supported Dana-Farber's lifesaving mission since its inception in 1948. An official charity of the Boston Red Sox, the Pan-Massachusetts Challenge, Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association, and Variety Children's Charity of New England, the Jimmy Fund is an American favorite that unites family, friends, and colleagues in the fight against cancer.

For more information, please log on to: www.dana-farber.org OR www.jimmyfund.org.

THE EMERALD NECKLACE
"We want a ground to which people may easily go when the day's work is done, and where they may stroll for an hour, seeing hearing and feeling nothing of the bustle and jar of the streets, where they shall, in effect, find the city put far away from them."
—Frederick Law Olmsted (1870)

It took civic visionary Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr. (1822-1903) almost twenty years (1878-1896) to create the six parks now known as the Emerald Necklace. The Back Bay Fens, Riverway, Olmsted Park, Jamaica Park, Arnold Arboretum and Franklin Park stretch five miles from the Charles River to Dorchester and make up over 1,000 acres of parkland.

The Necklace comprises half of the City of Boston's park acreage, parkland in the Town of Brookline, and parkways and park edges under the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. More than 300,000 people live within its watershed area.

The Emerald Necklace is the only remaining intact linear park designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr., America's first landscape architect. As such, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Green and open spaces, rivers and ponds, and a wealth and diversity of trees, shrubs, flowers, wildlife habitat, riparian life, bridges and other structures make up this urban jewel.

The Emerald Necklace Conservancy (emeraldnecklace.org) was created to protect, restore, maintain and promote the landscape, waterways and parkways of the Emerald Necklace park system as special places for people to visit and enjoy.