Kate Fahey's Staging Area

I ran the Mt. Sneffel’s Half Marathon this year, and I need to preface this by saying that thanks to a landslide, the course had to be changed. So I can’t speak for the usual rout rom Ouray to Ridgway, instead we started in Ridgway and turned around at 6.5 miles. This meant it was mostly uphill on the way out and downhill on the way back.

The easiest miles were definitely 1-2 and 6.5-9 when you got that nice downhill stretch. But man, miles 4 to 6.5 were a grind – it was all uphill and really tested me.

There weren’t a lot of aid stations or crowds along the way, but on the plus side, there were no lines for the porta potties! And the views were absolutely stunning the whole time, which made the tough parts more bearable.

Overall, even with the course change, it was a beautiful race and I’m glad to have been able to check Colorado off my list this year!

I signed up for this race because it was the only one I could find near Seattle the weekend me and my husband were in town and I wanted to check Washington off my list of 50 States. I’m so glad I did this race!

The course (while challenging) was beautiful, and even with the hills I was still only 3 minutes off from getting a PB. There were plenty of aid stations and I appreciated the selecting of Gu Energy Gels at each one.

The swag was also great. Plenty of recovery snacks available at the finish line, I love the color of my race shirt and the stone medal is so unique!

Overall this is a race I’d recommend and I’d love to run more races put on my Orca Running in the future.

This course had a beautiful course and race production did a great job! Plenty of aid stations and really good organization. The weather in TN was perfect (fifty-sixty degrees and cloudy) and the course was fairly easy with some rolling hills.

Townsend was a great place to spend a weekend and I would recommend this race to friends (and I do!) I might even do it again next year.

I did the Fairytale Challenge in 2022 which included the 10k. The 10k was a great course! It was and easy course with beautiful scenery as we went past several Disney resorts and got to see the behind the scenes of Hollywood Studios!

I did this race in 2020 so I can’t speak too much to the production but it was an okay race. I’m grateful that I had a race I was able to run in 2020!

I did this race as my first half marathon back in 2017 and it was a great choice! Very flat course with some beautiful views of the beach and neighborhoods of Huntington Beach. The expo was fun to attend and find some new gadgets and fuel for running. I highly recommend this race to anyone looking for a half in California!