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Course Description for St. Jude Marathon and Half Marathon
Starts at corner of Fourth and Beale headed south
South on Fourth Street to Linden
West/Right on Linden to Second Street
South/Left on Second
West/Right on G.E. Patterson to Front Street
South/Left on Front to Georgia
West/Right on Georgia to Riverside Drive
North/Right on Riverside Drive to Beale
East/Right on Beale to Third Street
North/Left on Third to Poplar
West/Left on Poplar to Front Street
North/Right on Front to A.W. Willis (formerly Auction)
East/Right on A.W. Willis (Formerly Auction) to Second Street
South/Right on Second Street to Shadyac
Left/East on Shadyac and through the gates of the St. Jude campus
Runners will follow this drive and exit by the security station on A.W. Willis
(formerly Auction)
East/Right on A.W. Willis (formerly Auction) to the maintenance entrance at
Overton Park near the Zoo
NOTE: A.W. WILLIS TURNS INTO N. PARKWAY EAST OF DANNY THOMAS
South/Right into Overton Park
When the runners come to the first triangle they will go to the left of the triangle
and follow the road
The route through Overton Park will be clockwise with the forest on the right
At the golf clubhouse turn North/Right on Veteran’s Plaza Drive
Follow Veteran’s Plaza Drive around behind the Memphis College of Art and
Brooks Museum to Poplar
After exiting Overton Park, the runners will cross Poplar at Tucker and go
West/Right on Poplar to Manassas
South/Left on Manassas to Union
West/Right on Union to Marshall where the half marathoners will go
North/Right on Marshall to Monroe
West/Left on Monroe to Fourth Street where the half
marathoners will enter AutoZone Park to finish

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After the full marathoners split from the half marathoners at Marshall, they
will continue west on Union to Lauderdale
South/Left on Lauderdale to Beale
West/Right on Beale Main Street
South/Left on Main to Linden
East/Left on Linden to Peabody (Linden turns into Somerville)
East/Left on Peabody to Cooper
South/Right on Cooper to Young
East/Left on Young to E. Parkway
North/Left on E. Parkway to N. Parkway (running against traffic)
West/Left on N. Parkway where it turns into A. W. Willis (formerly Auction)
(running with traffic)
South/Left on Third from A.W. Willis (formerly Auction) to Jackson
East/Left on Jackson to Alabama
East/Left on Alabama to Danny Thomas
South/Right on Danny Thomas
Runners will continue on Danny Thomas and go under the Union Avenue
Overpass
After the runners pass under the Union Avenue overpass, they will make a
right turn up the south bound exit ramp from Union, and return to Union
West/Left on Union to Fourth Street
North/Right on Fourth and turn West/Left into AutoZone Park to finish
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