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Royal Victoria Half Marathon - Victoria (Canada/British Columbia)

The "Royal Victoria Half Marathon" is a beautiful, seaside course with lots of mild undulations, but with a maximum elevation change of only 74 feet. The start is on Menzies at Kingston. Run south, away from the Inner Harbour, turn left on Michigan and left again on Government Street. Run down a slight decline on Government Street, past The Empress Hotel, and onto Wharf Street. Turn right on Johnson Street, then right on Cook Street. Turn right onto Park, right onto Heywood, left on Southgate, and left onto Arbutus, entering Beacon Hill Park. Arbutus blends left into Bridge Way. Turn right onto Heywood and right onto Circle Drive. Run a complete counter clockwise loop of Circle Drive and Dallas Road (1 mile), staying to the left, and turn right on Heywood, and right on Park; completing an early race loop. Turn right on Cook Street. Turn left on Dallas Road and run to Hollywood Crescent, keeping to the left. Stay on Hollywood Crescent, past its southern intersection with Robertson, until Hollywood blends into Robertson just before the intersection with Ross and Crescent. Turn right onto Crescent and left on Irving to Fairfield. Turn left on Fairfield, right onto Richmond, and right again onto Richardson. Turn right on Quamichan and right again on Cowichan. When Cowichan reaches Richardson, you are at the 13 kilometer mark of the race. It is here that the marathon goes left and the half marathon goes right. Return along Richardson, left on Richmond, left on Fairfield, right on Irving, right on Crescent, left on Robertson and left on Hollywood Crescent to Dallas Road. Continue on Dallas Road westbound, all the way past Beacon Hill Park and the Ogden Point breakwater, right on Erie, left on St. Lawrence, right on Kingston, left on Montreal, right on Quebec, left on Pendray and right onto Belleville to the finish in front of the Legislature. The "Royal Victoria Half Marathon" is an AIMS and Run Canada-certified 21.0975 kilometer course.

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