From there, those running the half follow an out-and-back loop course
that follows a roughly clockwise direction around the city, first north
along Broadway for a run past the Paramount Theatre and then left onto
Grand Avenue. The course then turns left onto Martin Luther King Jr. Way
and then follows southward past Lafayette Park to 8th Street, where
runners turn left again and heads east toward Chinatown, and then turns
left again on Harrison Street.
The next stretch of the race follows turns on 14th Street, Madison
Street and 10th Street, as runners make their way to the race’s first
significant downhill stretch around the mile 3 marker.
The course then drops in elevation between miles 3 and 4 as runners
make their way around Laney College and the Frank Youell Athletic Field,
turning right on 5th Street and then again on 7th Street, toward the
stretch of the race through miles 5 and 6 along the Oakland Waterfront,
taking runners past the Oakland Inner Harbor.
As runners make their way past the waterfront, they next start the
stretch of the race that takes them along the northernmost part of the
half marathon route, northward along Cypress Street up to 26th Street,
where they turn right and head east toward 27th Street.
Between miles 8 and 9 runners hit what is the biggest uphill stretch
of the half route, and then keep heading eastward to the stretch that
takes them through Lakeside Park and around Lake Merritt. After the run
around the lake, runners head back into downtown for the finish back on
Broadway.
Styrous® ~ Sunday, April 2, 2017
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