Saturday, June 14, 2003 -- Matewan, WV - Goody, KY
& Half Marathon 2003
"Come Runnin' with The Hatfield's & McCoy's"
(iPO Event Id#: 5506)
Results: [Marathon Overall] [Marathon by Class] [Half Marathon Overall]
Pictures: [Set 1] [Set 2] [Set 3] [Set 4] [Set 5] [Set 6] [Set 7] [Set 8]
[2002 Event Coverage]
Coinciding with the Hatfield & McCoy Festival (see http://www.matewan.com/ for more festival information). It is a challenging, historic 26.2 mile run for the marathon runner as well as for the half marathon runner with the toughest leg being the first 13 miles.
Location: The Race Starts at the Food City in Goody, KY. The finish for the Marathon is at the historic Coal House in Williamson, WV. The finish for the Half-Marathon is in Matewan WV.
Packet Pick-Up: Will be at the Brass Tree Restaurant on June 13th, 2003 from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM. [Entry Form]
Pasta Dinner: Free to all registered runners. All guests $5.00 each. Begins at 6:00 PM, June 13th, at the Brass Tree Restaurant.
Race Day Registration: Will begin at 6:00 AM to 6:50 AM at the Food City in Goody, KY.
Race Start: Runners will take their mark for a 7:00 AM shotgun start in front of Food City in Goody, KY.
Categories: Male and Female age divisions: 14-Under, 15-19,
20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69,
70-Over.
Must be 12 & Over to run Half Marathon
Must be 18 & Over to run Marathon
Awards: First, second, and third place finishers will receive trophies. First HATFIELD and First McCOY Male and Female finishers will receive trophies. All finishers will receive a finisher medallion and all entrants will receive a T-shirt and Race bag of extras. Note: No winner will be able to receive two prizes such as over all and age group.
Sponsors: Food City, ARH - The Medical Centers of the Mountains, Power 106.7 FM, Sycamore Inn & Brass Tree Restaurant and Catering (www.sycamoreinn.com).
More Info: Contact David Hatfield at (606) 353-1626 or tvrrc@hotmail.com
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The course takes the runner south on US 119 to Toler, KY, where runners will turn left onto old 119 at Velocity Market for a brief period. Runners will follow old 119 past the Southside Elementary to the bridge across Pond Creek and onto Route 319.
Immediately after crossing the bridge the course goes left and begins a gradual incline for a brief period. From Toler the course will take the runner through the coal camps of Hardy, KY, and a piece of our history after the Hatfield-McCoy Feud. Once through the Hardy area the course begins to travel through the heart of "Feud Country" taking the runner past the Randolph McCoy home place site and the graveyard where Tolbert, Bud and Pharmer McCoy are buried along with sister Alifair and brother Calvin.
Tolbert, Bud and Pharmer were tied to pawpaw trees and shot by the Hatfields for the 1882 Election Day stabbing and eventual death of Devil Anse Hatfield's brother, Ellison.
Alifair was killed during the New Year's Eve raid on the McCoy home. After passing these historic sites, the course continues a gradual incline until the foot of Blackberry Mountain. It is a one-mile run to the top, but it is down hill from there.
At the foot of Blackberry Mountain the course passes Rev. Anderson Hatfield's home site. It was at his residence the Hog Trial was held in 1878. This site is also very close to where the Election Day Stabbing took place.
Also, at the foot of Blackberry Mountain the course turns left onto Route 1056, which runs along Blackberry Creek until it meets the Tug River at Buskirk where the three McCoys were tied to the pawpaw bushes and shot.
Runners will cross the bridge at Buskirk, KY into historic Matewan, WV site of the 1920 Matewan Massacre. A gunfight between miners and Baldwin-Felts agents brought on by the coal companies to prevent union organization.
Matewan is the finish line for the Half-Marathon. Marathon participants will continue past the Matewan finish line back out of Matewan following Route 49 which runs alongside the Tug River to Sprigg, WV.
The course crosses the Tug River at Sprigg as runners return to KY. This leg of the run goes past several McCoy cemeteries and home places. The course follows the narrow two-lane Route 292 until Aflex, unKY and the link to US 119.
Taking a right onto US 119 North, the runners will go less than one mile and take a right for the last time across the Tug River into WV heading for the finish line in front of the historic Coal House in Williamson, WV.
| TITLE: | Hatfield-McCoy Marathon & Half Marathon |
| EVENTS: | Marathon, 1/2 Marathon |
| WHEN: | Sat, 14 Jun, 2003 @ 7:00 AM |
| WHERE: | Goody, KY (Matewan, WV) |
| CONTACT: |
David Hatfield
(606) 353-1626
TVRRC (606) 353-9280 E-mail |
| AFFILIATES: | TVRRC |
| COMMENTS: | Qualified as both a WV and KY marathon |
| OFF-SITE URL: | http://www.matewan.com/ |
