Golden Gate Winter 50k Marathon 30k Half Marathon & 8k

The half marathon course takes runners from the starting line at Rodeo Beach almost immediately into the hills just north of the beach, starting runners off with a climb of more than 800 feet over the course of the first two miles. Runners follow trails that wind through the hills and mountains of the Marin Headlands, which feature names like the Coastal, Wolf Ridge, Miwock, Old Springs and Marincello trails, among others.
Runners make what is basically a clockwise loop through the park, bringing them around along the ridgeline that looks over the Redwood Highway into nearby Sausalito, and then south back in the direction of Conzelman Road, the famed roadway that winds along the coastline and looks out onto Point Diablo and Bonita Cove.
The final few miles of the race route bring runners off the trails and onto Conzelman Road for a brief stretch, including a pass by the historic Nike Missile Site, which once stood guard during the Cold War as one of the nation’s last lines of defense should Soviet bombers make a strike against the U.S. coast. The course then winds back around the Rodeo Lagoon for the race finish right where runners started back at the beach.