Filled with scenic farmland, vineyards and rural country roads, the course for the Spicewood Vineyards Half Marathon & 10K offers some challenging hills as well as some beautifully pastoral views of this corner of the region known as the Texas Hill Country, which lies just a short drive from nearby Austin.
The race follows an out-and-back route that starts and finishes at the Spicewood Vineyards (hence the name of the event), a locally owned award-winning winery founded back in 1992 whose specialties include their Chardonnay and Sauvingnon Blanc wines, both of which have won numerous awards in Texas wine competitions. From there — the winery lies just off Highway 71, on County Road 409 — runners head out onto the scenic farm roads of Burnet County.
Because much of the race takes runners over rural dirt farm roads, whose surfaces can be alternately rocky, sandy or even slippery in spots, the race organizers have volunteers out on the course to ensure that any tricky spots are covered.
