Sponsored by the Wythe County Public Schools Foundation for Excellence, the Sandman Extreme Half Marathon course takes runners on an out-and-back course that starts and finishes at the corner of Spring Street and 4th Street in Wytheville and takes them into the nearby Big Survey Wilderness Area, and reaches its highest point with an ascent up Sand Mountain, whose peak lies at about 3,684 feet above sea level, just a few miles south of town.
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