Course

 
COURSE INFORMATION

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: the have been some slight changes to the Marathon and Half Marathon coures.  We have posted the maps used to recertify the courses through USATF and will add more detailed versions as soon as our designer has updated them with exact aid station, porta potty and relay exchange locations.  The Half-Marathon course will see only a slight change over the final two miles, while the Marathon route will no longer utilize the out and back on Biosphere Road.  Instead, there will be an out and back section earlier in the race in the Town of Oracle.  The elevation loss for each race will remain almost exactly the same. 

MARATHON
The Holualoa Tucson Marathon point-to-point course starts in the historic town of Oracle north of Tucson and runs on a paved scenic route follows SH#77 along the majestic Santa Catalina Mountain range, dropping through the town of Catalina and finishing at the Coronado Middle School on E. Wilds Road, just north of Oro Valley. The race course closes at 1:30 p.m. so if you plan to walk, please understand you must be off the course by that time or be picked up by a "help" wagon.

Click here for the Marathon Course Map & Elevation Profile.

MARATHON RELAY - Final Distances
Four-person relay teams enjoy the same point-to-point course as the marathon runners. The relay legs are as follows:
1st leg = 6.6 Miles
2nd leg = 4.2 Miles
3rd leg = 8.4 Miles
4th leg = 7 Miles

Click Here for the Marathon Relay Course Map & Elevation Profile

HALF MARATHON
The DAMASCUS BAKERIES Half Marathon will start on the Biosphere Road and will run the last 12.5 miles of the marathon course. It's mostly downhill, very scenic and great for walkers!

Click here for the Half Marathon Course Map.

General Information

• The course for all events closes at 1:30P.
• All course distances are certified by USA Track & Field.
• Runners must remain inside the cones or be disqualified.
• Fully-staffed aid stations with XOOD Sports Drink and water will be approximately every 2 miles. See map in race packet for exact locations.
• CarbBOOM energy gel will be available on the courses (exact mileage to be provided soon
• Medical services will be provided by emergency medical personnel and licensed professionals at the finish line.
• Portable toilets and mile markers will be provided. See map in race packet.

• No spectators will be allowed to park along State Hwy. 77 (Oracle Road); this will strictly enforced by local authorities. Spectator viewing areas will be available at the Expo.
• Traffic control will be provided along the course; however, each runner must assume the risk and responsibility for his or her own health and safety.
• Spectators and non-race vehicles ARE NOT allowed along the course north of Oracle Junction on State Hwy 77.  Any vehicles parked north of Oracle Junction, on either side of the road, could be ticketed and towed at the owner's expense.