Like the event’s full marathon and 5K races, the Forest of Nisene Marks Half Marathon race starts and finishes at the Aptos Village County Park. From there, runners follow the fire road that leads out of the park for the first three miles, and then run along eight miles of single-track trails through the Nisene Marks Forest before returning to the fire road for the last couple of miles of the race.
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