Long Grove’s Prairie State Half Marathon, 10K & Oktoberfest 5K
Long Grove, IL
- Half Marathon, 10K, 5K
- Road (Paved)
- Official race website
The Prairie State Half Marathon, 10K & Oktoberfest 5K is a tour through the historic downtown streets & neighborhoods of Long Grove. You’re invited to the annual Oktober Fest After Party at Buffalo Creek Brewing featuring gourmet soft pretzels and beer (21+). You can also run/walk a 5K distance by … MORE
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I will run this race again
Nice route through Historic Downtown Long Grove, through some neighborhoods and some incline and decline. Spacing was good. Beer and pretzel at the finish line is always good to get … MORE
Nice route through Historic Downtown Long Grove, through some neighborhoods and some incline and decline. Spacing was good. Beer and pretzel at the finish line is always good to get 🙂
Nice course through Long Grove
Overall well run, but the pretzels at race end were cold, not hot as expected for a fall event. And beer was good, but not cold, as was expected. Logistics … MORE
Overall well run, but the pretzels at race end were cold, not hot as expected for a fall event. And beer was good, but not cold, as was expected. Logistics of race were very good, but this is what is expected from a for profit event.
Easy Half Marathon Course
This was my second half marathon and until this Saturday it was still my PB! The prairie state makes for a very flat course, but the Historic Long Grove covered … MORE
This was my second half marathon and until this Saturday it was still my PB! The prairie state makes for a very flat course, but the Historic Long Grove covered bridge is a nice touch for the course!
Nice!
This was a very nice, low stress race. For 50-staters not wanting to spend a ton of money on Chicago and just want something low key, this is a great … MORE
This was a very nice, low stress race. For 50-staters not wanting to spend a ton of money on Chicago and just want something low key, this is a great option. The medal is kinda small, but it matches the price. The trails are of course beautiful, and actually very flat meaning this was actually a fairly easy race.