The Jeff Winter City of Lakes Half Marathon provides a great stand-alone challenge and/or a perfect training test for those running Twin Cities Marathon or other fall marathons. Selected to be the Minnesota Half Marathon championships and one of the USATF Minnesota Team Circuit events
The half-marathon course is USATF certified. Race timing will also provide runners with a certified 10 mile split. The race finish line is at the Lake Harriet Bandshell. The course is traffic free and run mostly on the parkways surrounding the two inner-city lakes. Each mile is marked and water and powered are available at least every 5K. For course details see the Course Map