Washington City Half Marathon & 5K
Overview
Course Description
The course for the 13.1-mile half marathon race follows a loop course that starts and finishes at the Staheli Family Farm in the area of the city known as Washington Fields. (Runners before 2021 will recognize this location as the finish line of the previous point-to-point course.)
Runners begin the half marathon by winding their way north through Washington Fields for the first four miles of the race, which is mostly downhill with the exception of a few gentle rolling hills.
Around mile 4, the course connects with the Virgin River Trail, where runners will follow the trail for the next three miles. This section of the course is overall uphill, but takes you uphill with small rolling hills; in fact, the difference in elevation for this section of the course is less than 50 feet.
Those slight changes in elevation will serve you well as a warmup for the second half of the race, as you’ll be greeted by a small uphill climb after turning on to Washington Dam Road, along with a couple of more small hills before returning to the finish line at the Staheli Family Farm — with an elevation gain of 364 feet.
