• Healdsburg,
    California,
    United States
  • October
  • 3 miles/5K, 6 miles/10K, 13.1 miles/Half Marathon
  • Road Race
  • Event Website

Karen Poole

Washington, United States
33 20
2014
"Great Halloween Race!"
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Karen Poole's thoughts:

I ran this race in 2014. I was invited as a blogger and received a VIP registration in return for my review. You can read my full blog review here: http://reasontoplay.com/healdsburg-wine-country-half-marathon-recap/

This race has a great expo and awesome pre-race events when you sign up for VIP events. Professional runners Dean Karnazes and Sarah Hall both ran the race in 2014 and Dean participated in a pre-race dinner.

The day of the race transportation was easy to get to. You ride a bus from the finish line at the winery where you also park your car. It was rainy the morning of the race but the race directors had tents we could huddle under and coffee to keep us warm. The race started on time and was sent off with cheerful banter and lots of costumed halloween runners!

The course itself was gorgeous. The first mile is on a gradual uphill and the rest of the race has a few rolling hills through wine country. There are water stations and wine stations on course and fans cheer at different points throughout the race. The race has a flat, fast finish and a great finish line experience. Plus the medal was awesome! I love destination races and this one I would definitely do again. Everything from registration, to race, to finish went smoothly.

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