Perhaps no other half marathon course in the Country can match the scenery of the "Long Beach International Half Marathon". The course is flat and fast and runs 100% along the shoreline. Start on Shoreline Drive, pass the new Pike at Shoreline Village, cross the Queensway Bridge and run to the bow of the Queen Mary, circle back around the Aquarium of the Pacific, the Lighthouse at Rainbow Harbor, Pierpoint Landing, back by Shoreline Village and down the beach. At approximately mile 10.5, is "the split" where the half marathoners circle back west on Ocean Boulevard (marathoners continue east on Ocean Boulevard to Livingston). Finish on Shoreline Drive.