The half marathon starts and finishes at the Martinsville YMCA on Starling Avenue, just a stone’s throw from the city’s Virginia Museum of Natural History. From there, runners make their way along the winding Martinsville streets and then into the city’s uptown area for the first two miles, followed by the next section of the race, which unfolds along a former railroad trail that’s been converted for walking, jogging, biking and hiking.
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