The website for this race was rather bland, but the actual race was great! It was my first visit to Oklahoma City and the start/finish in Scissortail Park and the … MORE
The website for this race was rather bland, but the actual race was great! It was my first visit to Oklahoma City and the start/finish in Scissortail Park and the run along the river trails were a nice way to see the city. The terrain was mostly flat with very gentle rolling hills. There were two out-and-backs so there were opportunities to see the other runners.
The running store that produced the race has an avid fan base and they were calling out support to each other all along the out-and-back course. Many of them had “Run with the Pack” shirts and everyone was so friendly that by the end of the race you felt like part of the pack, too. The finish line announcer seemed to know most of the 600+ runners by name. There were standard pace groups and also groups of runners who were run-walking.
The swag was impressive. Instead of a race shirt, they gave us a towel. I was surprised to see a quality, colorful towel the size of a beach towel that even had snaps to convert it to a wrap. It came in its own bag. The medal was in the shape of Oklahoma, plus they provided plenty of free race photos quite quickly. There were race shirts available for sale.
There was standard food at the end: bagels, bananas, snack bars, water, Gatorade, and probably other stuff but I didn’t stick around too long because I had breakfast waiting at my hotel. If you won an award, you could immediately pick it up at the results tent.
I would have given high marks for scenery but the river had a lot of floating trash and smelled like a sewage pond in places.
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Unexpectedly awesome race!
The website for this race was rather bland, but the actual race was great! It was my first visit to Oklahoma City and the start/finish in Scissortail Park and the … MORE
The website for this race was rather bland, but the actual race was great! It was my first visit to Oklahoma City and the start/finish in Scissortail Park and the run along the river trails were a nice way to see the city. The terrain was mostly flat with very gentle rolling hills. There were two out-and-backs so there were opportunities to see the other runners.
The running store that produced the race has an avid fan base and they were calling out support to each other all along the out-and-back course. Many of them had “Run with the Pack” shirts and everyone was so friendly that by the end of the race you felt like part of the pack, too. The finish line announcer seemed to know most of the 600+ runners by name. There were standard pace groups and also groups of runners who were run-walking.
The swag was impressive. Instead of a race shirt, they gave us a towel. I was surprised to see a quality, colorful towel the size of a beach towel that even had snaps to convert it to a wrap. It came in its own bag. The medal was in the shape of Oklahoma, plus they provided plenty of free race photos quite quickly. There were race shirts available for sale.
There was standard food at the end: bagels, bananas, snack bars, water, Gatorade, and probably other stuff but I didn’t stick around too long because I had breakfast waiting at my hotel. If you won an award, you could immediately pick it up at the results tent.
I would have given high marks for scenery but the river had a lot of floating trash and smelled like a sewage pond in places.
nice, flat course mostly along the River
Very simple course, mostly flat along running trail on the river. Not a highly populated race, less than 1k runners. Medal was ok, no race shirt included. MORE
Very simple course, mostly flat along running trail on the river. Not a highly populated race, less than 1k runners. Medal was ok, no race shirt included.