This race is not for people who are uber competitive. It's just a fun race for local / regional people who want to get out and run along the river. … MORE
This race is not for people who are uber competitive. It’s just a fun race for local / regional people who want to get out and run along the river. It is well organized although the directions on the website are not super clear. I seem to always go to the wrong location but always eventually find the race. I usually leave a few minutes earlier than I think I need for this reason.
The aid station is epic. If you’ve run a 50k before then this is the kind of aid station you may have seen on those longer races. If you’ve run with Mainly Marathons, this is the same kind of aid station as they have, and the course idea is the same. It’s a figure 8 loop and so you pass the aid station twice in your loop… or once about every 3’ish miles.
People dress up, parents push strollers, there are slow runners and fast runners. Enjoy the cool air and the view of the river. As long as Awesome Sauce keeps producing races I’ll keep running them. They are, after all, local. I probably would not drive more than an hour or two to run these races because there are other local races in most parts of the country with similarly produced races.
The race is small. Maybe 100 people between all race distances (5k, 10k, half, full, and 50k). I was running the half and don’t think there were more than just a few people left running the longer distances when I finished.
There are heated restrooms in multiple locations along the course. No portable toilets, which is nice.
The race is not chip-timed and I am not even sure if they recorded my time. If they did it wasn’t super accurate because I stood in line behind someone to let them know that I’d actually finished. The woman recording finishes was seated at a table under a pavilion near the finish line. So if you are looking for something more official, this ain’t it. But if you are looking to go out and maybe just have a good run with other runners, this might be your kind of race.
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This race is not for people who are uber competitive. It's just a fun race for local / regional people who want to get out and run along the river. … MORE
This race is not for people who are uber competitive. It’s just a fun race for local / regional people who want to get out and run along the river. It is well organized although the directions on the website are not super clear. I seem to always go to the wrong location but always eventually find the race. I usually leave a few minutes earlier than I think I need for this reason.
The aid station is epic. If you’ve run a 50k before then this is the kind of aid station you may have seen on those longer races. If you’ve run with Mainly Marathons, this is the same kind of aid station as they have, and the course idea is the same. It’s a figure 8 loop and so you pass the aid station twice in your loop… or once about every 3’ish miles.
People dress up, parents push strollers, there are slow runners and fast runners. Enjoy the cool air and the view of the river. As long as Awesome Sauce keeps producing races I’ll keep running them. They are, after all, local. I probably would not drive more than an hour or two to run these races because there are other local races in most parts of the country with similarly produced races.
The race is small. Maybe 100 people between all race distances (5k, 10k, half, full, and 50k). I was running the half and don’t think there were more than just a few people left running the longer distances when I finished.
There are heated restrooms in multiple locations along the course. No portable toilets, which is nice.
The race is not chip-timed and I am not even sure if they recorded my time. If they did it wasn’t super accurate because I stood in line behind someone to let them know that I’d actually finished. The woman recording finishes was seated at a table under a pavilion near the finish line. So if you are looking for something more official, this ain’t it. But if you are looking to go out and maybe just have a good run with other runners, this might be your kind of race.
Awesome Sauce!
AwesomeSauce is the race company. They do a lot of races that are low production but have a great aid station. Their races consist of multiple loops with a single … MORE
AwesomeSauce is the race company. They do a lot of races that are low production but have a great aid station. Their races consist of multiple loops with a single all you can eat / drink aid station that you pass multiple times. I’ve only done three or four of their races and all of them were on water. On the river in Chattanooga, or on a lake in Guntersville, Alabama. It’s just a beautiful riverpark in Chattanooga and the section of the park they use is very nice. This race is in the fall, the trees are turning and the weather was perfect. Cold’ish, but not cold. Just the right temp.
It’s a small race and people are supportive. Your name is written on the bottom of your bib and people say “Good job, Kris!” as they pass you going the other direction. There are bathrooms along the course. Heated bathrooms with flush toilets and proper sinks. If you aren’t looking for a huge race with high production, and you don’t mind running with folks who don’t care too much about winning but want to compete against themselves, this is the sort of relaxed race you will enjoy. I’m not even sure this race is timed. It might be, but I don’t know. I didn’t see a clock and there is no chip on the bib. I actually started about six or seven minutes late and timed myself. Maybe 75 or 100 people ran this race, but you have no idea who is running the 5k, the 10k, or the HM. They have a full marathon and a 100k and a 100m, I believe, but I don’t think anyone registered for those; I only saw directional markers for the 5, 10, and half.
Highly recommend if you live within an hour or so drive and like a really, really relaxed race with a great aid station and good fan support. If not, you probably have similar races near where you live, so run those instead of this one. But Awesome Sauce has a lot of races in the eastern half of the country, although many of them are in or not far from Chattanooga, TN.