This was my first time running the Capitol Hill Classic and it was a blast. The race starts in Capitol Hill and has a very fun neighborhood feel to it - it's put on by a local school and all race proceeds go to the school. The course is relatively flat

"This was my first-ever 1/2 marathon, so nerves were at an all-time high! The pre-race was easy enough, bib and T-shirt pick-up was simple. But when it was almost starting time, the line-up was a disaster, with all the runners fighting for space. And this was just the start of 13

This race was HARD! But it was also great. Temecula is beautiful and the majority of the course is on rolling hills of dirt roads through wine country. It was cold at the start (Temecula is a desert!) but when the sun came out it got really hot and added to