Beer City starts and finishes at Quarry Lakes Park, Fremont and runs along the adjacent creek trails. These are flat courses that have a mixture of paved bike paths, gravel trails and a small amount of trail for the half marathon. Beer City San Jose is an open-course event.

Pace Groups: Beer City is proud to feature half marathon pace groups led by the Pay It Forward Pace Team! These groups will be 1:40, 1:50, 2:00, 2:10, 2:20, 2:30 & 2:45.

Aid Stations offer a mixture of water, Skratch sports drink, and (half marathon only), GU gels and blocks. All courses are marked with signs and mileage markers.