Runners make a big looping course through the north Texas countryside between Mineral Wells and Weatherford at the Clark Gardens Botanical Park Half Marathon, which lies just a short drive west from Fort Worth. The course is filled with rolling hills along paved roads and the Lake Mineral Wells State Trailway, and takes runners both through the botanical garden as well as through the park of the National Vietnam War Memorial along Highway 180.
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