Sarah Thomas's Staging Area

Ocean views for most of the race, run through a tunnel, down cannery row and finish near fisherman’s wharf. Nice box of snacks at the finish line. So much to do for the entire race weekend. Very well organized, great medals for both the 5k and half marathon. Pretty easy race but beware of a couple of hills, one in Pacific Grove and one leading up to the turn around point. Nicely organized corrals with gear check boxes at each corral. A bit of congestion getting to the corrals with people standing everywhere. 100% recommend and will be doing again.

The course started at Drakes Brewery. Did an out & back along the river then went across the Tower Bridge along the river and into Discovery Park so the scenery was nice and diverse. It was a bit unorganized, but I am sure this was due to the rain and everyone scurrying around. The course was not marked with flags or arrows that I saw, but they did have volunteers at most points that were questionable. The t-shirts were a soft cotton and the metals were little keys to “Beer City”. After the race they had beer tastings, I think if the weather was nice, this would have been a bit more organized and enjoyable. I would recommend it though and will run it again.

Only one time per year you can be a pedestrian on this bridge. Very cool, four mile stretch on the bridge. Everything was very organized except the gear check. That needs to be worked on, but metals were great and as soon as you cross the finish line they had a print out of your results ready. Not much for an after party but there is lots to do in town.

Great scenery from start to finish since most of the race runs along the river or through pretty wooded areas. Quite a few hills and even a set of steps along the way, so be prepared for that! It was well organized, everyone was very nice and it ran quite smooth. There was a good line up of food at the end and they had beer to purchase. I would definitely recommend this race! The only part that was missing was any sort of expo, I would have loved to see some merchandise for sale either before or after the race.

This was a very flat course with only one tiny hill ( freeway overpass actually). I was pleasantly suprised with the scenery! This was also one of the most organized races I have been to & the volunteers were very helpful.