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Event Information:
The
Napa Valley Marathon race begins
promptly at 7 a.m. The start is preceded by a
brief invocation and The Star
Spangled Banner. There are 13 aid
stations along the course. The
vineyards that parallel the race
course provide world-class scenery
but also have a downside. Most of
them feature deep ditches to
accommodate irrigation and rain
runoff that severely limit parking
on crossroads that intersect with
the Silverado Trail (race course).
This
is an excellent course for beginning
marathoners. It is downhill,
traveling from 380 feet above sea
level to 80 feet above sea level at
the finish line. There are rolling
hills in the first six miles and the
course is relatively flat
thereafter.
Napa
County is a county located north of
the San Francisco Bay Area in the
U.S. state of California. It is
coterminous with the Napa,
California, Metropolitan Statistical
Area. As of 2010 the population is
136,484. The county seat is Napa.
Napa County was one of the original
counties of California, created in
1850 at the time of statehood. Parts
of the county's territory were given
to Lake County in 1861. The word
napa is of Native American
derivation.
Napa
County hosts numerous cultural
events throughout the year. The
county fair takes place annually in
early July at the Napa County
Fairgrounds in Calistoga. The Napa
Town and Country Fair takes place in
early August at the Napa Valley Expo
in Napa. In order to boost tourism
during the normally slow winter
months, area hotels, restaurants
tourist based businesses developed
the Napa Valley Mustard Festival in
the 1993. In June, the Napa Valley
Wine Auction takes place. Wineries
from throughout the valley donate
wines and other prizes to be
auctioned off to the highest bidder.
This annual event raises several
million benefiting several charities
located in Napa County. In 2006 Napa
Valley became home to the Festival
del Sole, an annual food, wine, art,
and music festival held at various
venues throughout the valley.
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