With mostly only gently rolling hills along Salem’s historic downtown streets for most of the course, the Wicked Half Marathon takes runners through a piece of the nation’s earliest history, the site of the legendary Salem witch trials of the late 17th century. The course takes runners between Salem Willows Park and through the city of Salem to the nearby town of Marblehead, where runners make a loop along the hills around the Audubon Park there before heading back to Salem for the race finish.
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