Windsor Run and Wine Half Marathon, 10K & 5K

Sunday, May 5, 2024 • Windsor, CA • Course Map

Known as the “gateway to the wine country” to the legions of tourists who flock to sample the wines and visit the vineyards of Northern California every year, this small town that lies just over an hour’s drive north of San Francisco plays host this year to the 10th annual Windsor Run and Wine Half Marathon, 10K & 5K race (known as the Windsor Green Half Marathon through 2018).

As the name of the race gives away, the 13.1-mile course for the race starts and finishes on the Windsor Green, a 4 1/2-acre park near the center of town that lies in the heart of what is known locally as Windsor’s “Old Downtown,” and features a historical timeline walk as well as a grove of native valley and blue oaks that are more than two centuries old.

From the park area on Windsor Green, runners in the half marathon head out and follow what is basically a clockwise loop route out of the town center and out into the rural countryside to the south and west of town.

After heading west along McClelland Drive, runners turn left and head south along Windsor Road for the next three miles, until they meet up with Mark West Station Road and turn right, heading toward the west and the Russian River Valley area.

The course keeps runners on Mark West Station Road through a series of a few turns, and then turns on Eastside Road between mile markers 5 and 6, where runners will encounter really the only hill of any steepness along the course.

After that, runners continue heading north along Eastside, with views of the flat farmland along the river as they make their way north for the next four miles or so to the intersection with Old Redwood Road.

After turning right on Old Redwood, runners next start heading south back toward the town center and Windsor Green. There’s only a couple of miles left in the race by the time runners make the turn onto Old Redwood, and the finish line lies right in the park where runners started.

Town of Windsor for Windsor Half Marathon

Race Weather & Climate

Nestled among the hills of Northern California’s Sonoma County, just over 64 miles north of San Francisco, Windsor typically experiences mild to moderately warm and occasionally hot conditions toward the start of summer, and usually very dry weather in the summer.

  • May 5 average low temp: 52ºF
  • May 5 average high temp: 79ºF

Past Results

Windsor Half Marathon Course Map

See the race route map for the Windsor Half Marathon here.

Starting Time

  • 7:30 AM – half marathon
  • 7:40 AM – 10K
  • 7:50 AM – 5K

Fees

  • $99 and up – half marathon
  • $50 and up – 10K
  • $40 and up – 5K

Windsor Half Marathon Registration

To reserve your spot in the 2024 running of Windsor’s Windsor Run and Wine Half Marathon, 10K or 5K race, register online at RaceRoster.com here.

Windsor Half Marathon Official Race Website

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  • Elizabeth May 17, 2015, 8:17 pm

    I ran the race today at the Windsor California Towngreen. A wonderful event but noticed when I was given my metal that the tree on the metal is tipping is there a reason for this? Many people are questioning The reason for the tipping tree.

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