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Run Course
The Fresno Classic Half Marathon event features a half marathon for both individual runners as well as two-person relay teams, and follows a loop course that will start and finish at Fresno's Chukchansi Park, the home of minor league baseball's Fresno Grizzlies, the AAA-level affiliate of the San Francisco Giants major league baseball team. The 2012 Half Marathon course is USATF certified for the most accurate race possible.
Once runners leave the starting line at Chukchansi park, the race course heads out into downtown Fresno, taking runners past local landmarks like the Fresno City Hall, next the race takes runners through the city's Tower District, where many of its popular clubs and restaurants are located, the race then heads inside the grounds of the Fresno Chaffee Zoo, which is home to more than 120 animal species. Runners will get the chance to run through the zoo's park roads and past a number of animal exhibits before heading back out into the city.
Next the race takes the runners by the recently renovated federal courthouse and the historic Old Fresno Water Tower, whose history dates all the way back to 1894 and which provided water for the city until the early 1960s -- and today serves as a tourist visitor center for the city. Then the course takes you past Eaton Plaza and Mariposa Mall. Runners will see downtown Fresno like never before.
After the run through the city's downtown, the runners head back over to Chukchansi Park for the race finish inside the baseball stadium along first base line and finishing adjacent to the Visitor's dugout, all along the runners will be able to see themselves on the huge diamond vision screen as they cross the finish line.
