John Snuggs's Staging Area

Good small, cheap, local race. Not much crowd support, although if you bring your own fans, they can access much of the course easily. While the terrain is generally pretty flat, there are some elevation changes. I would call it mild rolling hills. In several areas, there are very pretty views of the by, but in general, the scenery is nice but not fantastic. Most of the course is along open roads with cones identifying which side of the road you should run on. Police stopped / directed traffic at the intersections and stopped the cars well before I arrived so I never had to break stride. The roads were not heavily trafficked but there were some sections where the cones guided me to be on the wrong side on a blind turn.

I was glad that I carried energy gels. Water stops without electrolytes were about every 2 miles. I was hoping for a few extra stops close to the end, instead it seemed like one of the stops was missing or placed around mile 21.

Weather was cool, especially at the start, with almost constant wind. They have a bank of port-o-pots. Parking is a 5 min walk to the start, so we stayed in the car until just before race start.