The Peace Officer Memorial Run was developed to honor the police officers from Stanislaus County who were killed in the line of duty. In honor of these heroes, the start line, finish line and each mile of the half marathon will be dedicated to one of the 16 fallen officers …
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The Peace Officer Memorial Run was developed to honor the police officers from Stanislaus County who were killed in the line of duty. In honor of these heroes, the start line, finish line and each mile of the half marathon will be dedicated to one of the 16 fallen officers from Stanislaus County. The officers photo along with the agency they worked for and their “End of watch” date will be displayed at their mile marker.
The half marathon course is flat, fast and will highlight many jewels of Modesto.
The race start/finish line is located in front of the picturesque Gallo Center for the Arts where pictures of fallen officers will be displayed on their giant LCD screen. Runners will be treated to an opening ceremony that includes the presentation of colors by law enforcement color guard units and bag pipers playing amazing grace.
Once the race begins it will make its way through downtown and into the scenic college area. After running by Modesto Junior College and into the shaded residential neighborhoods of the college area runners will locate their first aide station at well the popular Graceda Park. Once refueling, participants make a brief reappearance downtown to pass by the McHenry Mansion and McHenry Museum. The course then flows into wooded Dry Creek Park where music and another aide station will keep runners motivated. Runners will exit the Park at McClure Dr and make their way to Claus Rd and then onto Scenic Dr. Runners then make their way back downtown where there will be no mistaking the finish line. A Fire Department ladder truck will be waving a 50 foot American flag over the finish line to motivate runners to finish strong.
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Easy run for a good cause
Flat course with calm scenery through the town and parks. I enjoyed the half and my daughter had a lot of fun at the kid's fun run where she got … MORE
Flat course with calm scenery through the town and parks. I enjoyed the half and my daughter had a lot of fun at the kid’s fun run where she got to run with a police officer to “catch the bad guys.”
A fun event for the whole family
I enjoyed this race, I liked that it took you through Modesto rather than the orchards. I like that you got to run through dry creek park and checked out … MORE
I enjoyed this race, I liked that it took you through Modesto rather than the orchards. I like that you got to run through dry creek park and checked out the Virginia corridor for a block. The Modesto Marathon only touches on the orchards and is super flat. Peace Officers Memorial Run takes advantage of perhaps every hill in Modesto(there aren’t many) so that is a nice change. I didn’t pick up a swag bag, so I’m not certain of its contents. You got to run with your local law enforcement, and they run in full uniform! Ouch! But how great I that? I really liked the event as a whole, even afterwards, they had all the different units with their own booths and equipment. I’m talking underwater search and rescue, the bomb squad, the swat team, they brought the horses and the dogs. I personally think that it would be a nice adventure for the kiddos even if you aren’t running. I’ll definitely run next year.