Runners follow a point-to-point course for the half marathon along a mostly gentle downhill slope, starting near the Crazy Horse Memorial, where runners can see the monument taking shape in the rock as sculptors continue to carve it from the mountain. From there, the race follows a brief loop up to the monument and then back again, where runners then enter South Dakota’s George S. Mickelson Trail, which they follow for the rest of the half marathon route.
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