The Knoxville Marathon is the premier event of the Knoxville Track Club (KTC), a 501c(3) nonprofit located in Knoxville, TN. The event is produced by the KTC, with the help of the City of Knoxville, the University of Tennessee, and the title sponsor, Covenant Health. The Knoxville Track Club is …
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The Knoxville Marathon is the premier event of the Knoxville Track Club (KTC), a 501c(3) nonprofit located in Knoxville, TN. The event is produced by the KTC, with the help of the City of Knoxville, the University of Tennessee, and the title sponsor, Covenant Health.
The Knoxville Track Club is among the top ten largest track and field clubs in the U.S. The KTC encourages life-long physical well-being through running and walking. We offer year round programs that include running and walking events for people of all ages.
Playing an active role in the community, we raise monies at our own road races as well as assisting others for a variety of worthy causes, including, but not limited to the Boys and Girls Club of the Tennessee Valley, the Arthritis Foundation, the American Cancer Society, Knox County Schools, Legacy Parks Foundation, and local youth organizations.
We support high school track & field programs, direct the 50 year old Volunteer Track Classic for high schools, sponsor middle school awards for both spring and fall, participate in the Adopt-a-Highway and Adopt-a-Creek programs, are actively involved in the Knoxville Greenways Program, and give financial support to the University of Tennessee Women’s and Men’s Track teams. Our KTC Officials Association assists in and trains officials for area track and field meets. Without question KTC Officials Association is the largest and most talented group of judges, timers, and race officials in the southeast; their ranks include members who have participated in USATF National Meets, Olympic Trials and the Olympic Games.
The inaugural event was held March 20, 2005.
The CHKM is the only road race to finish on the 50 yard line of Neyland Stadium, home of the University of Tennessee Volunteers.
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Great TN race
Thoroughly enjoyed this race. Packet pickup was a breeze, finding everything (including parking) was no problem which is usually about half of my nervousness. The weather was fantastic, super supportive … MORE
Thoroughly enjoyed this race. Packet pickup was a breeze, finding everything (including parking) was no problem which is usually about half of my nervousness. The weather was fantastic, super supportive volunteers and staff and actually a rather good showing of locals that were out encouraging runners as well. Finish line had free photos and quite a bit of food as well as vendors if you wanted to buy a meal.
Goodrace, Scenic Neighborhoods and Hills
beautiful city and mid sized race. Easy packet pickup at convention center and good no of business and counters on race course etc. Easy near by parking on city garages … MORE
beautiful city and mid sized race.
Easy packet pickup at convention center and good no of business and counters on race course etc.
Easy near by parking on city garages free
7.30 start and runners can stand inside convention center before start
first few miles around UT and then into beautiful neighborhoods before heading into downtown in last few miles.
The course is hilly but enjoyable with local support.
Good post race party with lots of food inside and beer.
Scruffy City
I'm local, so I love this one. It's a fairly hilly course that takes you through the University of Tennessee campus, past Neyland Stadium, along the river, through some beautiful … MORE
I’m local, so I love this one. It’s a fairly hilly course that takes you through the University of Tennessee campus, past Neyland Stadium, along the river, through some beautiful neighborhoods, and along the greenway. It finishes in World’s Fair Park beneath the Sun Sphere. There is usually great crowd support, with lots of signs, folks dressed up, music performances, etc. You can pretty much guarantee you’ll hear “Rocky Top” at some point along the course. I think it’s a right of passage in Knoxville.
The swag is nice, pretty typical of a half marathon, with a tee shirt (some years have been cotton, others have been performance material) and medal. Post race there is food for finishers, but also food-truck type options in the park. Free finish line photos included, and pre-covid they included a Finish Line video, which was neat.
Parking is fairly easy even though the race starts downtown. There are lots of free garages nearby.
I would add this one to your list, and it would be a good TN race if you need one. I’ll run it every year, certainly.
Great early year race!
They held a contest to see which neighborhood had the best cheering squad, so some of these went all out! Very nice city to run in. Somehow I managed to … MORE
They held a contest to see which neighborhood had the best cheering squad, so some of these went all out! Very nice city to run in. Somehow I managed to miss where they were handing out race shirts at the end and they actually mailed one to me for free! I thought that was pretty decent attention to detail. We stayed right next door to the park where the race was to be held so that made it super easy to just walk out the door to the race. The course is kinda hilly and there is everything from decayed industrial to some of the nicest homes in the city. Overall a very nice race to run to get you charged up for the spring running season.
Tough run but good cheering
Rough course but the cheering on the half is great! I wouldn’t recommend it for a first half but I am a local so it’s an easy one to travel … MORE
Rough course but the cheering on the half is great!
I wouldn’t recommend it for a first half but I am a local so it’s an easy one to travel for 🙂 I’ve ran it 8 times
So Many Hills
If I would have done some research on this one, I would have known about all of the hills! I was definitely not prepared. The course ran through some beautiful … MORE
If I would have done some research on this one, I would have known about all of the hills! I was definitely not prepared. The course ran through some beautiful parts of town. The Tennessee hospitality was great and the expo was easy to navigate.