2024 is the LAST Mo’ Bell for Awesomesauce Events! Part camp out, part race, all fun! Mo’ Bell is a Run Tennessee event, produced by the crazy kids at Run Chattanooga! Whether it’s your first half marathon, your first ultramarathon, or your fiftieth, we promise you’ll have a great time! …
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2024 is the LAST Mo’ Bell for Awesomesauce Events!
Part camp out, part race, all fun! Mo’ Bell is a Run Tennessee event, produced by the crazy kids at Run Chattanooga! Whether it’s your first half marathon, your first ultramarathon, or your fiftieth, we promise you’ll have a great time!
Each start time is considered a separate race, so feel free to run at the day/time that works for you, or run multiple races!
The course for the half marathon and up will be a 3-ish mile loop/out-and-back course using the Montgomery Bell State Park trail system and the road in and out of the group camp. The trail is technical – there are roots and rocks – and hilly in some spots. The road section includes a hill. This ain’t flat and fast! But the human support you’ll get will make up for it.
You’ll pass by the main aid station multiple times, so your crew does not need to travel to help take care of you. (Though they are welcome to if they’d like.) The main aid station will have cooked food, tables and tables of snacks and Gu and drinks and ice and first aid and compression boots and cowbells, of course. There will be at least one unmanned mini aid station with ice, water, Gatorade, Gu, and snacks. Don’t worry, we’ll replenish it throughout the weekend to keep you fueled.
This is not and will not be a certified course. The distance will be correct (we’ve never had a short course and we don’t intend to start now!) If your GPS reads long – we won’t charge you extra. If your GPS reads short, you’re welcome to keep running. Remember that every GPS watch is different and many are not 100% accurate, particularly in the woods. We make sure that we meet standards for Marathon Maniacs, Half Fanatics, and 50 States Club, because that – and having fun – are what is important to us!
IMPORTANT: We joke that we put on very serious races. The truth is, these races are the OPPOSITE of serious. This is not about competition. We want to see every person cross the finish line and we want to see them do it with a smile on their face. We don’t care if you stop mid-race to take a nap or if you run 100 miles in under 24 hours. We just want you to have fun. We only give awards to the last finishers, not the first. He/she who endures the longest, earns a prize for perseverance.
A portion of every runner’s registration fee will be donated to Montgomery Bell State Park to be used to help build an ADA-compliant trail within the park.
This is about camaraderie and a fun family friendly weekend and crushing goals, not about beating someone else. It’s you vs. you.
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My husband and I had such a wonderbe ba!
What's so cool about this particular race is that you have no pressure to come in under a certain time. Take your time all weekend if you want... I love … MORE
What’s so cool about this particular race is that you have no pressure to come in under a certain time. Take your time all weekend if you want… I love that about this race! Also, your camp, the start- finish area, great bathrooms ..with showers and wonderful aid station with indoor dining seating for you to eat!!! Everything right there for you in one area!
Communication AWFUL
They didn't have all the "bling" at time of race. Promised to send to participants after. This still have not happened since Oct 2021. Been emailing and trying to "contact" … MORE
They didn’t have all the “bling” at time of race. Promised to send to participants after. This still have not happened since Oct 2021. Been emailing and trying to “contact” event coordinator for almost a year with zero response. Went to director of events that Awesomesauce uses for their runs, and they have not been able to get Courtney, Bill or company to respond. This is very sad to me, as this was a huge moment in my life, first and probably last marathon ever. I simply wanted what I paid for to commemorate my day. I will say the more I think about it the more disappointed I get because, the event was fantastic, no pressure, everyone was nice and encouraging.
Something for everyone
Mo' Bell truly has something for everyone. The options included 100 miler, 75 miler, 50 miler, 24-hour, 12-hour, 100k, 50k, marathon, half marathon, 10k, 5k and 1 mile run. Runners … MORE
Mo’ Bell truly has something for everyone. The options included 100 miler, 75 miler, 50 miler, 24-hour, 12-hour, 100k, 50k, marathon, half marathon, 10k, 5k and 1 mile run.
Runners could also choose whether to run the 3 mile trail loop, the 1 mile road loop, or any combination of the two to cover their distance. There were hills with both loops and the trail had lots of roots and rocks.
Due to the variability of the course options, timing was not electronic. For my half marathon, it was simply pick up a brown rubber band after each trail loop or red rubber band after each road loop. The longer distances used clothes pins but I wasn’t present for the start of those events and didn’t hear exactly how the timing was done.
Swag included pajama bottoms for the half marathon and higher events plus a cute cowbell finisher’s medal.
If this event was local for me, I would consider running it again.
A butt kickin good time
I have to admit that I was a little skeptical about this race because the race director sent out an apologetic message quite a while before the race and said … MORE
I have to admit that I was a little skeptical about this race because the race director sent out an apologetic message quite a while before the race and said that her co-director had quit and dropped the ball on setting up this year’s registration page. However, when I arrived the morning of the race, I found plenty of volunteers and organization second to none. The race was at one of the Montgomery State Park group camps, which included a lodge with a kitchen which was used to prepare hot food for the runners. They also had a lot of swag for sale, a tent for lap counting, a table set up with hydration products and snacks, and a timing table. Runners had a choice between running a hilly and rough 3 mile trail or a hilly 1 mile loop on pavement through the group camp. Laps were counted by runners putting clothespins on a horizontal string; plain wooden ones for each trail loop completed and red clothespins for each road loop completed. A volunteer periodically added up the miles and kept track of them. The trail loop started on pavement, but after about a quarter of a mile turned onto a single track dirt trail. Some sections weren’t bad, but others looked like they had been washed out by flash flooding and had a lot of exposed roots, rocks, and small debris on the trail. There was plenty of shade on the trail loop though. The road loop was shaped like a clover leaf, with three side loops that went through different parts of the group camp that had cabins. Quite a few of the runners rented a cabin, so they had a convenient place to stop for a rest right along the course. I would have liked to use a cabin, but because I flew into the race, I didn’t have any bedding available. Each of the “clover leafs” of the road course went downhill and then back up again, so there were few flat stretches. Food was great with hamburgers, bacon, and chicken rice casserole while I was running, along with snack foods. Hydration included a Gaterade-type beverage, Coca-cola, and one or two other soft drinks. 100-mile finishers were given a belt buckle and it appeared that all other finishers received a non-distance specific cowbell on a ribbon. I felt that I got stronger as the day went on, but it may have been because as it got close to dusk, the temperature was cooler. It wasn’t an easy course, but it wasn’t so bad that you wanted to quit halfway through the day. Overall, I was very impressed by the race organization and venue.
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What can I say about Mo’Bell?! It was an amazing experience. I not only raced but volunteered. I cheered people only for MANY hours and helped the RD however I … MORE
What can I say about Mo’Bell?! It was an amazing experience. I not only raced but volunteered. I cheered people only for MANY hours and helped the RD however I could. I was so inspired the entire weekend by so many people hitting their first time at distances, pushing through when they thought they had no more to give, etc. It had amazing food the entire 55+ hours, great support, course that was challenging and couple be mixed up based on your preferences, and the swag was great (pj pants with the option to buy other branded items). Can’t wait to do it again next year.