Featuring a course that starts in the shadow of the Jasper train depot along the banks of the Patoka River and finishes in the shade in the parks on the banks of the same river just a stone’s throw away, Huntingburg’s Heartland Half Marathon is set to make its 9th annual running. Organizers say the course will be “very fast,” and the elevation profile certainly bears that out — from the starting line elevation of just over 450 feet above sea level, the course rarely rises much above that throughout the 13.1 miles of the half marathon, with the exception of a few hilly stretches just after the mid-way point of the race along St. Charles Street.
After runners pass through the middle portion of the race, the course largely flattens out again on the way to the finish line.
