The 4 Miler start and finish will be at the Delaney Park Strip. Participants will begin on West 9th Avenue and head west then turn south on Stolt Lane and S Street. Runners will then turn west on 11th Avenue which turns into Bootlegger Cove Drive then U Street. Runners will leave U Street and enter the bike path at Westchester Lagoon. The course then proceeds north and east along the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail to downtown Anchorage. At the two mile mark the participants will turn around and follow the same route to the finish at the Park Strip. Both the Half Marathon and Five Miler begin together at 9:00 a.m. Almost 600 five-milers participated in 2009.