The Pistol Creek Half Marathon will take place on the Fast and Fresh Maryville-Alcoa Greenway system located in Blount County. The course will start at Pistol Creek Cross-Fit gym and travel on an out and back course heading North (toward Pellissippi Pkwy), turn around and head back to the start. …
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The Pistol Creek Half Marathon will take place on the Fast and Fresh Maryville-Alcoa Greenway system located in Blount County. The course will start at Pistol Creek Cross-Fit gym and travel on an out and back course heading North (toward Pellissippi Pkwy), turn around and head back to the start. This event is low key and capped at 75 runners total. Registration is First come-First available. Please, only runners who anticipate completing the course in 2:40:00 should consider signing up. Course will be open to traffic, meaning roads will not be closed off. No worries! This is a full Greenway course!
Whether you are a seasoned runner or a decorated Gym junkie from this Cross-Fit box – the challenge is still as real as YOU make it to be!
Come out to make your Coach proud whether that coach is Holcombe with KE, or the not-so-quiet Coach Quiett with Pistol Creek!
This event will be a USATF Certified Half Marathon course eligible for certifiable records and race events, so come ready to run on a Flat-Fast course! (USATF Cert. code Pending)
T-shirts will be custom made for this event (Adult unisex sizes only).
Awards will be awarded to Top 3 per gender as well as Age Group winners per gender by every 10 year increment.
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Excellent low key Half
This was called a low key half and it delivered - a well done low key run on a greenway. Low key probably included 4 unsupervised road crossings, an open … MORE
This was called a low key half and it delivered – a well done low key run on a greenway. Low key probably included 4 unsupervised road crossings, an open greenway, direction signs and mile markers in chalk on the greenway, swag = a shirt, and no direct police or medical support. All of which made for a really nice early morning run on a beautiful greenway. It also was geared toward runners with a 70 person cap and 2:30 time limit.
It started at Crossfit Pistol Creek, which is bordering the greenway. Plenty of nearby parking, heated packet pickup and restrooms (with supplemental porta potties). The 6:30 start time helped in many ways – I saw less than 10 people on the greenway that were not in the event, and it left a lot of Saturday to do all the regular things.
Race production was excellent – good prerace communication, smooth packet picket and race management. Makes sense though, Crossfit Pistol Creek knows athletic events and so does Knoxville Endurance, the two sponsors. There were 3 aid stations with water and gatorade, one also had syrup. Which made for 6 stops on the out and back course.
The Maryville area is known for its scenic greenways and the race segment lived up to it. My watch had 285 ft elevation gain, just some short inclines, no hills.
I would definitely run this again, a very pleasant and well delivered event that fits into a weekend smoothly.