1. Marathon Name Silver State

2. Location Bowers Mansion County Park between Reno and Carson City Nevada

3. Website www.silverstatestriders.com

8/04 no information or flyer available

4. Contact information lonruns@aol.com

5. Month August

6. Start times 6:00 AM

7. Time limits N/A

8. Course description Road and off road, the off road portion was a dirt/sand road through fields. In dry weather the road is a loose ankle deep sand with no shade. The views are spectacular in the Washoe valley and if speed is not important it is a challenging run.

9. Pasta Dinner On your own in Reno

10. Expo None

11. Support & spectators Very few mainly friends and family of runners near finish

12. Water stations Adequate

13. Organization Good

14. Porta Potties Limited but with not many runners and open fields it is not a problem

15. Food at finish line Picnic

16. Weather Hot very little shade on half the course

17. Medals Unique produced at the Carson City Mint

18. Other races Half, 10k

19. Airport Reno

20. Hotel No Host