Augusta Half Marathon 10k & 5k

The course then brings runners down Central Avenue and into midtown Augusta, leading runners past commercial districts and into the part of the city known as Summerville, giving way to beautiful, large residential homes — many of which are many decades old — lining the street. This section also features a long, steady, gradual uphill however, so it’s a blessing to have plenty of postcard-perfect scenery to distract during the long, gradual climb. After about a mile running through the main Augusta University Campus, the course heads north toward Lake Olmstead. If you’re a golf fan, it’s likely that you may (almost) forget you’re running a 13.1-mile race on the stretch through this area, though it will help that you’re roughly three-fourths of the way through the course at this point, which is followed by a run through the neighborhoods around Lake Olmstead. From there, the course heads first along Canal Trail, then down one of downtown Augusta’s main streets, returning to Broad Street just before crossing the finish line.