Blue Bell Fun Run
Brenham, TX
- Half Marathon, 10K, 5K, Kids Run
- Road (Paved)
- Official race website
The annual Blue Bell Fun Run provides runners and walkers a beautiful run through the countryside of Brenham, TX. Runner and walkers will experience small town hospitality, including unlimited Blue Bell Ice Cream at the finish line. Started in 1978, this race began to benefit the Brenham High School Athletic … MORE
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Country run with rolling hills
The race is a fundraiser for the athletic booster club so expect high schoolers to be the ones helping you at packet pick up in the HS gym. All distances … MORE
The race is a fundraiser for the athletic booster club so expect high schoolers to be the ones helping you at packet pick up in the HS gym.
All distances finish at the same time so the finish line is chaos. This year they went ahead and gave medals at packet pick up. Odd choice but we all got the right medal. Half marathoners get two shirts and two medals.
The course is pretty hilly. The whole thing was either up or down, with a pretty big monster hill at the finish. The half marathoner is all country roads and pastures. Some locals show up to watch but not much by way of spectators. High schoolers have made punny yard signs throughout the course though— cute touch. There is a railroad crossing early in the course— one would hope they plan the race starting time to avoid disruption.
The finish line has free Blue Bell ice cream. All you want.
Rolling hills the entire race
This race is in TX hill country. It does not have a big elevation change, but the course is through rolling hills for the entire duration of the run, which … MORE
This race is in TX hill country. It does not have a big elevation change, but the course is through rolling hills for the entire duration of the run, which was challenging.
After the run, we were treated with unlimited ice cream bars for both runners and spectators. We also were able to go to the Blue Bell creamery and get free scoops of ice cream!
As a half marathon participant I received both the fun run shirt/medal and the half marathon shirt/medal. My half marathon shirt has a large blue stain where it looks like the colors bled onto the white background. It was dark when I picked it up so I didn’t notice it until after the run. I did see other people wearing their shirts after the race, so it was apparently just an issue with the shirt I received.
Blue Bell And a Rolling Country Course
This event has been on my list for a few years. Free Blue Bell ice cream, what’s not to like. Event parking was about half a mile away but was … MORE
This event has been on my list for a few years. Free Blue Bell ice cream, what’s not to like.
Event parking was about half a mile away but was walkable and they provided busses.
Four distances were available, half, 10k, 5k, and kids 1 mile
I participated in the half and my wife ran the 5k
Half field was limited and there were only 418 finishers this year
Course was rolling hills the whole route. Very few flat stretches and it seemed like you were going up or down the whole time. I would call it a challenging course. Now there were no killer inclines just constant up and down.
Pretty country views of ranches and wildflowers most of the way.
Good water station support but only water was provided.
Post race only water and ice cream were provided. When I finished I was handed a cup of water but later runners had to go seek out water. I was also told that one of the water stops on the 5k ran out of water.
Swag was a t-shirt and a participation medal, both handed to you at packet pickup. Division winners also received a medal which you went to a table and picked up. Overall winners were given a plaque.
The reason most run is for the Blue Bell ice cream post race. Ice cream bars and ice cream sandwiches were available and it was pretty much all you wanted. You cold also go to the Blue Bell store (a short drive away) and get free ice cream with your race bib.
Benefits the Brenham High School Athletics program and it seemed like all of the high school athletes were out there volunteering.
Overall a good event. A few hiccups like running out of water and safety pins, but it was good. Probably a one and done for me since it was a three and half hour drive and involved a hotel stay.