Run along a course that combines both paved city streets and sections of the Red Jacket Trail that winds from Mankato to the nearby Rapidan Township, and a former railroad corridor that today serves as a community-wide biking, running and walking trail.
Both the 13.1-mile half marathon and the 26.2-mile full marathon share the same starting line area near the campus of Minnesota State University-Mankato, at the intersection of Stadium Road and Monk Avenue.