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ZION NATIONAL PARK — The annual Zion Half Marathon returns this weekend for its fifth year, with a move to Mt. Carmel and the east side of Zion National Park due as road construction in Springdale continues.
Vacation Races, an event company that produces half-marathon races centered around breathtaking national parks and Forest Service lands, will be holding the two-day event with a race expo Friday and race Saturday. Both the expo and the race starting point will take place at Zion Ponderosa Ranch Resort, Twin Knolls Road, Mt Carmel.
The course will take runners through the wilderness in Mt. Carmel and finish just outside the east entrance to Zion National Park. Most of the course will take runners on dirt roads; however, they will also occupy some of North Fork Road and, near the middle of the course, cross state Route 9.
The road on the course will remain open, however, motorists should expect delays on SR-9 and when entering the park on race day. The race can create an inconvenience for some residents, event coordinators acknowledged in the race announcement.
The event has over 3,000 running participants and will bring around 6,000 people to the area.
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