South Mountain Park is where the marathon starts, at its base, before heading north up Central Avenue and dropping onto the Salt River trail at mile 5. You spend about eleven miles on the paved path, out and back, then turn north past the State Capitol and into downtown. After the ASU Downtown campus there is a short climb onto the Hance Park deck, then 3rd Street leads to a finish in Steele Indian School Park. Places are limited. A half marathon, 10-miler and 5K run the same weekend.
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