Runners start the race at Assembly Hall on 1st Street just south of St. Mary’s Road, on the University of Illinois campus. From there, the point-to-point course for the half marathon follows the same route as the full marathon for the first 11 miles; there, the half marathoners turn off to make their way toward the finish line on the 50-yard line at the University’s Memorial Stadium, the home of the “Fighting Illini.”
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