The race itself, is beautiful. If you don't live on a coast, this is a really good race to run if you want a great view of the beach/bay. The course has many turns at the beginning of the race, but at each turn, you get really beautiful views of the city/parks/bay. Then, around mile 6.5, you loop back to the start/finish line, which is actually a bit of a tease. You're so close, yet in actuality, not really. For another 3 miles, you run along the bay and face the sun. This was my least favorite part since the sun is just bearing down on your face, but it was only for three miles. Luckily, there were donuts given out by volunteer groups. At mile 9.5, you do a U turn and race back to the finish line. You run through the city and it's just a nice ending view.

All in all, it was a good race. They were organized and they gave half marathoners the option to start at 6 am instead of 7:30 am. I would have definitely melted had they not.