Set for its annual running in the mid-fall season here in southern Minnesota, just south of the Twin Cities, the race begins and ends at Court Square Park. Filled with moderately hilly stretches and mostly flat terrain, the 13.1-mile race route takes runners on a circular loop of quiet country roads that encompasses the beautiful Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway, a 287-mile stretch of River Valley in which Belle Plaine is the last stop.
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