Charity Kemp's Staging Area

The race was well organized, packet pick up was easy, and the course went through cute neighborhoods along with great beach views. Weather was perfect, I really enjoyed this race! I highly recommend it.

Beautiful course, relatively flat, great weather. I enjoyed running past the beautiful, old, Victorian mansions throughout. Running through Minnehaha park near the river was also enjoyable.

Great way to get the most bang for your buck if you’re trying to run a race in all 50 states. Absolutely beautiful scenery! Running at 6,000 ft was a challenge and the hilly course added to it but it was worth it. The weather was perfect!

This race was very well organized. The course was well marked and well staffed with volunteers. The aid stations were plentiful and the weather was perfect. Hastings is a cute little town. This was a great race to add Nebraska to my 50 states goal.

Overall, this was a well organized and supplied event. The weather was terrible, raining heavily the whole time, which obviously couldn’t be controlled. The course was hilly which was challenging but the organizers do a good job of letting you know that on the front end so you can be prepared. The shirts are great and awards are given to the top 5 in each age group which is nice.

The majority of the race is running though open fields of heavy, thick grass. Its like running through sand. It weighs down your feet making them difficult to pick up with every step. A small part of the race is on trails, and that part is much easier to run on, its packed down dirt. I also didn’t realize how many creek crossings there would be for this race (my fault, should have researched more) but there were some muddy, waist high crossings. Being soaking wet for half of the race was no fun for me. I have learned after this race that I never want to run trail races again 🙂 . I was proud that I finished cause this one was HARD!