Rock Tahoe Half Marathon

Rock Tahoe Half Marathon takes place on June 19, 2027, near Stateline, Douglas County, Nevada, starting at 7:00 a.m. The half marathon (13.1 mi) runs point-to-point from Spooner Summit down the eastern shore of Lake Tahoe to a finish beside the water.

A descent from a mountain pass to a lake is fast on paper and brutal on the legs: the gradient does the work your muscles would otherwise do, and the soreness arrives in the closing miles rather than the opening ones. Add downhill running to the last month of training, and remember that the start line sits above 7,100 feet — the first two miles will feel harder than the profile suggests.