Set for its 16th annual running this year, Fresno’s Two Cities Marathon and Half Marathons once gave runners the choice of two separate half marathon routes to run at the race — the Fresno Half Marathon or the Clovis Half Marathon, both of which followed out-and-back courses that start and finish at Woodward Park.
Now runners don’t get that choice, but the Clovis course remains fast and flat, with elevation holding steady between 300 and 400 feet for the entire race.
All the Two Cities races begin at Clovis Community College, north of downtown Clovis (or Old Town Clovis as it’s known to locals). From there, the course heads west on East Behymer Avenue for the first mile before heading south toward the Clovis Fresno Rail Trail.