Both the half and the full marathons share the same finishing line but have different starting points — the half marathon begins at Anchorage’s Delaney Park Strip on West 9th Avenue, while those running the full start their race at Bartlett High School. Run on paved surfaces through the early miles, the race course stays mostly flat through mile markers one through three, and then becomes hillier as runners make their way around the western edge of the park.
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