More than 2,000 runners cross the finish line each year at the annual late winter running of the El Paso Marathon, Half Marathon & 5K, with 1,000 or more of those runners in the half-marathon alone, which takes the field on an out-and-back loop course from the start in Anthony Park and runs through the city and back to the finish near the banks of the Rio Grande.
Nicknamed “the Sun City” and “Land of the Sun,” El Paso is most definitely a sunny city — it gets more than 300 days of sunshine each year — so participants should arrive prepared for the race with shades and sunscreen, even in February.