Runners follow a long, gradual downhill point-to-point route for Medford’s Rogue Run Half Marathon, which starts in nearby Talent and finishes at Pear Blossom Park in downtown Medford. In between the start and the finish, runners follow the Bear Creek Greenway for nearly the entire 13.1 miles, following its paved biking, running and walking paths through the streambed of Bear Creek, which spans some 600 acres filled with lush plant life and trees here in what is known as the Rogue Valley of southern Oregon.
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