Half Marathon Course

For course maps that you can print out, the links below will open map documents for the starting and ending portions of the course:

• Start of the Half Marathon course through Mile 8
• Mile 8 of the Half Marathon course through the Finish

HALF MARATHON COURSE:

1)  The Half Marathon will BEGIN on Barranca at the footbridge at the same time as the 5K.  The Half Marathon will line up on the eastbound lanes of Barranca facing eastbound.

2)  The runners will proceed eastbound on Barranca to Jeffrey where they will make a diagonal crossing onto the westbound lanes of Barranca.  The runners will then proceed eastbound in the westbound lanes of Barranca to Valley Oak. 

3)  The runners will make a right turn at the intersection of Barranca and Valley Oak in order to enter the north bike trail and head west towards Jeffrey. 

4)  The runners will exit the north bike path at Jeffrey, make a left turn at the sidewalk and run south on the sidewalk to the entrance of the south bike trail of the San Diego Creek.  There, they will make a left turn again and enter the south bike lane and proceed east on the south bike trail. 

5)  The runners will exit the south bike trail at Valley Oak.  They will make a left turn and run northbound on the southbound lanes of Valley Oak all the way to Irvine Center Drive. 

6)  The runners will make a U-turn at Irvine Center Drive and run southbound in the northbound lanes of Valley Oak back to Barranca. 

7)  At Barranca, the runners will make a left turn and run eastbound on the westbound lanes to Sand Canyon.  

8)  The runners will make a U-turn at Sand Canyon and run westbound on the eastbound lanes of Barranca back to Valley Oak.  

9)  At Valley Oak, they will make left turn on Valley Oak and proceed to run southbound on the northbound lanes.  They will enter the south bike trail and run eastbound on the bike trail towards Sand Canyon.  

10)  The runners will exit the south bike trail at Sand Canyon, make a right turn, and run southbound on the southbound lanes of Sand Canyon.

11)  The runners will turn left at Hospital Way, cross to the northbound lanes of Sand Canyon, and continue to run southbound on the northbound lanes.

12)  The runners will turn left on Alton and will be running eastbound on the westbound lanes of Alton (they will be in the #3 lane of Alton).

13)  The runners will turn left on the first street, run northbound and then enter  the Alton bike trail and continue to run north to the San Diego Creek bike trail.  The runners will then run right (eastbound) on the south side bike trail to Laguna Canyon Road. 

14)  The runners will exit the bike trail at Laguna Canyon Road and turn right (run south) in the southbound lanes almost to Alton and make a U-turn and run north in the northbound lanes of Laguna Canyon Road, turn right and re-enter the bike trail, and continue running eastbound on the bike trail to Alton. 

15)  The runners will exit the bike trail on the west side of the Alton Bridge.  They will turn left at the sidewalk and run on the sidewalk to the entrance of the north bike lane.  They will make a left turn onto the north bike lane and head westbound on the north bike trail.

16)  The runners will exit the bike trail at Laguna Canyon Road, make a right turn, and run north on Laguna Canyon Road.  On Laguna Canyon Road, the runners will run northbound to Waterworks in the #1 lane where they will make a diagonal right turn and run east on the westbound lanes of Waterworks to Discovery. 

17)  At Discovery, the runners will turn left and run northbound on the southbound lanes of Discovery to Irvine Center Drive where they will turn left and run west in the eastbound bike lane and #3 lane. 

18)  At Laguna Canyon Road, the runners will turn left onto the southbound lanes and run in the #1 lane to Barranca.  They will cross Barranca and enter the north bike lanes heading west towards Sand Canyon. 

19)  The runners will exit at Sand Canyon, turn right and run on the sidewalk to Barranca.

20)  The runners will turn left at Barranca and run westbound on the westbound lanes to Valley Oak.  

21)  The runners will turn right on Valley Oak and run north on the northbound lanes to Irvine Center Drive. 

22)  The runners will make a U-turn at Irvine Center Drive and run south on the southbound lanes of Valley Oak to Barranca.

23)  At Barranca, the runners will turn right and run west on Barranca on the westbound lanes. 

24)  The runners will continue on Barranca until they reach Shadow Oaks, where they will make a U-turn and run east in the eastbound lanes to Valley Oak.  

25)  At Barranca and Valley Oak, the runners turn right and re-enter the north side bike trail and run the bike trail back to Jeffrey. 

26)  The runners will exit the bike trail at Jeffrey and turn right.  They will run northbound on the sidewalk.  They will turn right and enter the westbound bike trail that goes under the Jeffrey Bridge and continue on the bike path back to Creek.  

27)  At Creek, the runners will exit the bike trail, make a right turn and run north to Barranca where they will turn left (north of the old gas station entrance) and run west to the FINISH line on Barranca.  The runners will run diagonally so that the entrance to the old gas station is not blocked.

Map of Start to Mile 8  -  Map of Mile 8 to Finish