The "Race for the Roses Half Marathon" starts on North East 1st and Holiday (outside Exhibit Hall A). From here participants will go South on 1st, right on Pacific Highway (around Rose Quarter and Memorial Colliseum), right on North Interstate, then a short uphill to the Broadway Bridge via Larrabee. It is now downhill on the Lovejoy ramp to 9th Avenue and then south (right) on Naito Parkway. Naito is flat to about the 3.1 mile mark, then a continuous climb (about 80 feet of elevation gain) to South West Barbur. Turn right (north) onto South West Barbur which is flat and gently downhill for 1.5 miles back towards city center to Harrison Street. Turn left (west) onto Harrison uphill for three blocks to Broadway (right, about a 30 feet elevation gain). Now it is a gentle downhill on Broadway over the next 0.6 miles to Morrison. Continuing on Broadway the course is pretty much flat for the next 6.7 miles. Participants turn left at Stark, right at 13th Street, left at Johnson, right at 18th, left at Vaughn, right at 20th Street, left at York Street, right at 21st. From Naito and 21st Avenue there is an out and back of 1.3 miles heading north to 26th Drive then back south again. The route then takes runners south on Naito past the Salmon Street fountain to a second turn-around at Main Street (11.9 mile mark). Return north along Waterfront Park to the Steel Bridge (12.6 mile mark). The next 0.25 mile is a short yet steep hill to the apex of the Steel Bridge, then gentle downhill and flat to the finish line at the Convention Center. Photo © by Evan Pilchik.