I really love this race. Ran the half this year and the full in 2012. Course is a bike path for most of the race with lots of shade trees over 90% of the course. There is a one mile "trail" part which was not bad at all. Weather this time of year can be a wild card with heat and humidity but this year was great with cool weather to start and i was done by the time it was getting warm. Guy plays the accordion on the course and its great. Can't recommend this race strong enough.