Both the full and the half marathon races begin in Poipu Beach, a resort area nestled along the island’s southern coast. From the starting line on Poipu Road, runners follow a counter-clockwise out-and-back loop course that runs into the island’s interior and then back out again toward the beach, and includes a long, gradual uphill toward the half-way point (and a long, gradual downhill from the half-way point toward the finish).
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