California > California Wine Country Marathon & Healdsburg Half Marathon
Healdsburg, CA • Sunday, October 14, 2012 • Course Map
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Organized by the California-based running, triathlon and mountain biking events organizer Events With Sole and sponsored by the Lungevity Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to fighting lung cancer, the California Wine Country Marathon and Healdsburg Half Marathon celebrates its fifth annual running in the fall of 2012, with a course that takes runners along country roads through Sonoma County's mountain valleys, and features a downhill finish for the last few miles that will give plenty of runners a chance to notch personal record race times.
The half-marathon course shares the same starting and finish line as the full marathon course, along Grove Street near the Healdsburg City Hall. From there, the course starts going briefly northward and then turns around at the first mile marker, where it begins the long trek southward along Highway 101 toward the first turn onto Westside Road and then for a long stretch along Dry Creek Road. Along the race route, runners will pass along beautifully scenic tree-lined country roads through California's historic wine making region, past century-old homes as well as many vineyard estates.
Run along terrain that's made up of all paved surfaces throughout the race, the course features a mix of flat stretches and gently rolling hills through the wine country for the first several miles -- including views of the area's Dry Creek Valley and Alexander Valley -- and then the last few miles take runners along a downhill stretch into downtown Healdsburg, all the way to the finish line at the corner of Vine Street and North Street.
Runners who participate in the half marathon will have five hours to finish their race (full marathoners will have a time limit of six hours, meaning they'll need to keep a pace of at most 14 minutes per mile), after which time there will be no on-course supervision.
Race Weather & Climate
Nestled in the valley among the Sonoma County mountains, about an hour's drive from San Francisco to the south, the town of Healdsburg enjoys the kind of weather that Northern California wine country is known for -- hot, dry summers with virtually no rain and milder and much wetter fall and winter seasons. In October, local average monthly temperatures range between 77°F and 49°F, while rainfall amounts average about 2.2 inches for the month. On the day of the race (Oct. 14), the average high is 78°F and the average low is 49°F.
Course Map
View the race route map for the Healdsburg Half Marathon
Fees
$65 for the half marathon, if registered before June 1
$75 between June 2 - August 1
$85 between Aug. 2 - October 1
$95 after Oct. 1
Registration
To reserve your spot in the mid-October 2012 running of Healdsburg's California Wine Country Marathon or Healdsburg Half Marathon, register online at Active.com.
Official Race Website
www.runwinecountry.com
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