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Review of La Jolla Half Marathon by Amanda Daley

Posted by: on February, 6 2012

I LOVE this race. It is a very challenging course with some intense uphills and downhills. The torrey pines climb of 420′ is a beast but once you get to the top and head down into La jolla the views are absolutely stunning. This is a course I recommend to everyone to do at least once!
There are plenty of aid stations, but I will say the course does get a little bit lonely since its not a great spectators course. The expo is really sad. Its in a grass field at a school with maybe 10 booths. Nothing special at all plus one of the only half marathons I have ever been to where they give a cotton T 🙁