Beer City Half Marathon
Beer City Half Marathon race day weather
Cool start, gradual warm-up
Runners will face temperatures rising from 47°F at the start to 53°F by the finish. With light winds from the WNW at 6 mph and average humidity around 63%, conditions are favorable. To stay comfortable, runners should dress in layers and consider a conservative start pace, especially as temperatures climb in the later laps.
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Beer City Half Marathon route and elevation
The Beer City Half Marathon course has about 73 ft (22 m) of climbing and 80 ft (24 m) of descent, and finishes near the elevation it starts. It is flatter than 63% of the half marathon courses racecast.io has mapped, measured by what the hills cost in time. It has no steep miles: no mile climbs more than 25 ft (8 m).
Biggest climbs
- Miles 6.3 to 9.9: climbs about 75 ft (22 m).
What the hills cost
- 1:45 on a flat course is about 1:45:15 here (15 seconds slower).
- 2:00 on a flat course is about 2:00:15 here (15 seconds slower).
- 2:15 on a flat course is about 2:15:15 here (15 seconds slower).
Hills only, priced mile by mile on the course map. The pace calculator above adds the race-day weather.
Even-effort splits for a 1:45, 2:00 or 2:15 finish
| Mile | Climb | Descent | 1:45 | 2:00 | 2:15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 ft | 19 ft | 7:57 | 9:06 | 10:14 |
| 2 | 6 ft | 8 ft | 7:59 | 9:07 | 10:16 |
| 3 | 2 ft | 8 ft | 7:58 | 9:06 | 10:14 |
| 4 | 2 ft | 8 ft | 7:58 | 9:06 | 10:14 |
| 5 | 2 ft | 6 ft | 7:58 | 9:07 | 10:15 |
| 6 | 4 ft | 3 ft | 8:00 | 9:08 | 10:17 |
| 7 | 15 ft | 0 ft | 8:07 | 9:16 | 10:26 |
| 8 | 21 ft | 5 ft | 8:07 | 9:17 | 10:26 |
| 9 | 23 ft | 5 ft | 8:07 | 9:17 | 10:27 |
| 10 | 22 ft | 8 ft | 8:07 | 9:16 | 10:25 |
| 11 | 0 ft | 16 ft | 7:55 | 9:03 | 10:11 |
| 12 | 6 ft | 22 ft | 7:55 | 9:03 | 10:12 |
| 13 | 6 ft | 15 ft | 7:57 | 9:06 | 10:13 |
| Last 0.1 | 2 ft | 0 ft | 0:55 | 1:02 | 1:10 |
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About the Beer City Half Marathon
The Beer City Half Marathon is run in late February in Santa Rosa, California, as part of a day-long craft beer festival. The course starts and finishes at A Place to Play and follows the Santa Rosa Creek, Piner Creek and Peterson Creek trails in a figure-eight, mostly on paved paths and gravel with short stretches of road shoulder and sidewalk. The organizer describes the route as flat. A 10K, a 5K, a one-mile beer stroll and a beer mile run the same morning, and finishers get beer tasting until noon.
