Nestled in the heart of Kentucky’s bluegrass country — at the midpoint of the railroad line between the cities of Lexington and Frankfort — Midway hosts the Iron Horse Half Marathon along a route that shows off the rolling green hills of its thoroughbred horse farms and rural countryside.
Designed as a benefit for the Woodford Humane Society and the City of Midway, the race follows what is basically an out-and-back course that starts and finishes in downtown Midway, though the race finish will take place a few blocks from the starting line, which lies at the intersection of Stephens Street and South Brand Street.
From the start, runners first head southeast along Stephens past the campus of Midway College until they meet up with Weisenberger Mill Road, which they follow for roughly the next three miles.
The route rises about 100 feet in elevation over the course of the first mile and a half or so, a change that’s followed by an equal downhill descent on the way back toward Midway from the turnaround point, near the bend in the river just off Weisenberger Mill Road.
Once runners head back through town, heading northwest along Stephens, they cross over Highway 62 and keep heading northwest as Stephens becomes Spring Station Road.
