Provo City Half Marathon & 5K
Overview
Course Description
This point-to-point race starts in the mountains above the city on South Fork Road, and from there heads west and south toward downtown Provo. Runners will stay on the Provo River Parkway for much of the first half of the race, paralleling Provo Canyon Road as it descends from the mountains into the city, losing about 900 feet of elevation over the course of the race’s 13.1 miles.
Runners leave the Provo River Parkway just after mile 8 and head onto University Avenue, which takes them into the race finish at the intersection with Center Street.
The course is considered an excellent early-season preparation run for the state’s number of marathon and half-marathon events later in the year, organizers add, as well as an opportunity to run amongst some its most beautiful scenery.
The course, like the city as a whole, lies within the shadow of Mount Timpanagos, Cascade Mountain and Provo and Freedom Peaks, well known for their hiking and camping and made famous (or infamous, rather) as the onetime hideout of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
