Half Marathon Course
The Half Marathon will begin on Barranca at the footbridge at the same time as the 5K. The Half Marathon will begin in the eastbound lanes of Barranca. The runners will proceed eastbound on Barranca to Jeffrey where they will make a diagonal and cross into the westbound lanes of Barranca. The runners will then proceed eastbound in the westbound lanes of Barranca to Valley Oak.
The runners will make a left turn and run northbound in the southbound lanes of Valley Oak to Irvine Center Drive. The runners will make a U-turn at Irvine Center Drive and run southbound in the northbound lanes of Valley Oak back to Barranca. At Barranca the runners will make a left turn and run eastbound on the westbound lanes to Sand Canyon. The runners will make a U-turn at Sand Canyon and run westbound on the eastbound lanes back to Valley Oak. At Valley Oak, they will make a left turn and run southbound on the northbound lanes of Valley Oak to the entrance to the bike path. They will make a left turn at the entrance to the bike path and head east on the south side bike path.
The runners will then run eastbound on the south side bike trail to Laguna Canyon Road. The runners will exit the bike trail at Laguna Canyon Road and 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, re-enter the bike trail, and continue running eastbound on the bike trail to Alton. The runners will go under the Alton Bridge and exit the bike path on the east side of Alton. They will turn right and run on Alton to Pacifica. They will turn right on Pacifica and run to Spectrum Street and turn right. They will enter the north bike path and run westbound to Laguna Canyon Road. The runners will exit the bike path at Laguna Canyon Road and make a right turn and run north on Laguna Canyon.
At Laguna Canyon, the runners run northbound to Waterworks where they will turn right and run eastbound to Discovery. At Discovery, the runners will turn left and run northbound to Irvine Center Drive where they will turn left and run west in the eastbound bike lane and the #3 lane.
At Laguna Canyon, they will turn left (southbound) to Barranca. They will cross Barranca and enter the north bike lanes heading west towards Sand Canyon. They will loop around to Sand Canyon and run northbound in the southbound #3 lane of Sand Canyon to Barranca.
The runners will turn left at Barranca and run westbound on the eastbound lane to Valley Oak. They will make a U-turn at Valley Oak and they will run eastbound on the westbound lanes of Barranca to Sand Canyon. At Sand Canyon, they will turn left and run to Irvine Center Drive. They will turn left at Irvine Center Drive and run to Valley Oak where they will turn left and run south in the southbound lanes to Barranca. At Barranca, the runners turn right and run westbound Barranca in the westbound lanes. They will continue on Barranca until they reach Shadow Oaks, where they will make a U-turn and run eastbound in the eastbound lanes. At Barranca and Valley Oak, the runners will turn right and enter the south side trail and run the bike trail back to Jeffrey. The runners will exit the bike path at Jeffrey and turn right. They will run northbound on the sidewalk to the westbound bike path under the Jeffrey bridge back to Creek. The runners will exit the bike trail at Creek make a right and run north to Barranca where they will turn left (north of the gas station entrance) and run west to the finish line on Barranca.
