About the Half Marathon
The 2012 Heart & Sole Half Marathon is a USATF-sanctioned, professionally chip-timed road race, held north of Boulder, Colorado, framed by the majestic Colorado Front Range foothills. Half marathon runners begin at the Boulder Reservoir and travel out through Boulder County’s rural countryside on mostly soft-packed dirt roads and quiet rural lanes, on a loop course. You’ll pass farms, cattle, horses, cottonwood groves, prairie dogs and ponds, returning to the Reservoir along the Northern Colorado canal path, across the Reservoir ‘s north and south dams, and finishing alongside the shores of the Reservoir. Runners and walkers are welcome and receive support from 11 aid stations along the well marked route. Half marathon runners start at 7:10 a.m. View Half Marathon Course Map
Non-registered runners, pacers/escorts, bicycles, inline skates, dogs, wheelchairs or strollers are not allowed on course. The half marathon starts and finishes at the Reservoir and is held in a mostly rural setting. A small portion of the course will be run on two-lane blacktop, which will be only partially closed to traffic during the event. The race permits limits the event to a finish time of five hours. Race services, aid stations and traffic control are not provided on the course after 12:00 p.m. Parking is free at the Reservoir until 7:30 a.m. for runners and spectators; after 7:30 a.m. regular Reservoir gate entry fees will be charged. The parking lot opens at 5:30 a.m. Arrive AT LEAST one hour before your start time, and carpool if possible.
