From the starting line in St. Croix Bluffs Regional Park just off Highway 21, runners in the half marathon follow a course along the tree-lined roadways of the park, and will encounter plenty of hills along the way as well as ample views of the local apple orchards, which should be in bloom by the time race day arrives. The race brings runners largely through the rural countryside just north of Hastings, and finishes at the Carpenter Nature Center.
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