This is such a fun course! All downhill in the beginning, beautiful and iconic San Diego scenery and great community and race support. For a summer race, they do great with providing plenty of water and cool-down opportunities. The hill at the end is killer, just be prepared and

"Tips and Notes:
- you don't need to get there as early as they say
- mentally challenging to pass the halfway mark with others finishing - as with almost all half/full marathon races
- good crowd support in the beginning, a bit less on the second half
- work in hill training - not

My family was running a 5k per month in 2016 and we found this one for March. I'd never been to New Bern, but had wanted to visit. So this was a great opportunity. Unfortunately, an ice storm hit that weekend and they had to cancel. We