A typical large marathon. The bands are the draw, but running across SD is the real fun! Plenty of support and staffed aid stations on the first half. The second half of the run after the marathon/half marathon split gets very quiet (typical).

One caution is the area around the halfway point at Presidio Park- there is a nasty curved section that climbs and descends with a crossgrade slope. Very easy for tired runners to injure knees on.