Local outdoors briefs: Tri-Cities Marathon set for Sunday

The 35th annual Tri-Cities Marathon — sponsored by Trios Health — will be held this morning.

The 26.2-mile event is also a qualifier for the Boston Marathon.

Over 90 individual runners are registered for the event, with many others competing in relay events.

The course starts and ends at the Shilo Inn in Richland.

Runners will run through all three of the Tri-Cities and all three of the bridges.

Runners will leave the Sihlo Inn and head to the I-182 bridge, crossing over the Columbia River and into Pasco. Runners will then head down the path along the river until they get to the Blue Bridge, where they will cross over it into Kennewick.

They then head 2.5 miles into Columbia Park before doubling back, running on the path next to the river, and then go over the Cable Bridge back into Pasco.

From there, the runners will go back along the path next to the river — eight miles — until they get to the I-182 bridge and go back into Richland, where they work their way back to the Shilo Inn and the finish line.

Here are some other Mid-Columbia outdoor activites coming up:

October

27 — REI of Kennewick will hold a free Getting to Know Your Go-Pro Basics class from 7:15 p.m.-8:30 p.m. at the store, located at 129 Ely Street. Call 509-734-8989.

27 — The Lower Columbia Basin Audubon Society will hold its monthly meeting at 7 p.m at the First Lutheran Church, 418 N. Yelm Street in Kennewick. The featured speaker will be Woody Wheeler, author, nature educator and tour guide. In his book, Look Up!, Wheeler’s nature essays will inspire readers to experience the outdoors in an affordable, accessible, and joyful way. Wheeler will share stories from his essays that encourage backyard and local bird watching, native plant landscaping and restoration, and conservation.

28 — Desert Ski Club board meeting, Shilo Inn, 6:30 p.m.

November

1 — Bluewood Job Fair, Youth Building, Columbia County Fairgrounds, Dayton, 4-6 p.m.

5 — Deadline to register for the free Heritage Garden Program workshop, to be held 11/14 from 10-1 p.m. at the Richland Public Library.

5 — Desert Ski Club general meeting, Shilo Inn, 6:30 p.m.

7 — The Lower Columbia Basin Audubon Society will also have a Bateman Bird Walk at 8 a.m. at Bateman Island.

10 — Columbia Basin Flycasters meeting, 6 p.m., Country Gentleman

10 — The Ice Age Floods in the Columbia Gorge will be the subject at the Hanford Reach Interpretive Center at 6:45 p.m. Nick Zentner will speak. Event is free.

11 — Benton Conservation District board meeting, 6 p.m., Benton REA

14 — Hunt Test Judging Seminar of Three Rivers Bird Dog Club

15 — Team Hunt of Three Rivers Bird Dog Club

17 — Washington Native Plant Society state board meeting, Seattle

18 — 40th annual Columbia River Classic run, Richland

20 — The Reel Rock Film Festival will be held from 7-10 p.m. at the Battelle Auditorium. The film is sponsored locally by The Tri-City Court Club, Dean Olin: The Climbing Guide, Intermountain Alpine Club and REI. Proceeds from the film will go to Friends of Badger Mountain’s Candy Mountain Project. Doors open at 6 p.m., show starts at 7 p.m. There will be an intermission, which will include some giveaways for those in attendance.

This story was originally published October 24, 2015 at 10:57 PM with the headline "Local outdoors briefs: Tri-Cities Marathon set for Sunday."