Runners will get the chance to run along a road called Scenic Drive, along the base of the Sacramento Mountains and within an hour’s drive of the awe-inspiring White Sands National Monument, at the Lady of the Mountain Half Marathon, which features a half marathon as well as a 10K and 5K at this December’s running.
The race begins at Alamogordo’s Griggs Field sports complex on Fairgrounds Road, and from there unfolds along largely a north-south route on Scenic Drive. After leaving Griggs Field and running about 3/4 of a mile, runners turn right onto Scenic Drive and spend the next several miles running south along the base of the nearby Sacramento Mountains and the Lincoln National Forest.
It’s along this stretch that runners will be able to catch a glimpse of the legendary “Lady of the Mountain” for which the race is named, as they can see the figure of a woman lying on her back chiseled into the mountain, looking over the highway from above.
