With the exception of really only one significant hill around the fourth mile marker, as runners are heading off the Tommy Thompson Parkway trail and turning in to March Point, the Anacortes Art Dash features a largely fast and flat half marathon route that will give many runners a chance to set a personal record time. Set along the Fidalgo Bay here in Washington’s northwest corner, the half marathon coincides with this small coastal city’s annual Anacortes Arts Festival.
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