Whether it’s your first half marathon, your first marathon, your first ultramarathon, or your fiftieth, we promise you’ll have a great time at Run Amok! Enjoy a low-key race experience with the friendliest volunteers around and more food than you’ve ever seen at a race in your life!
Your registration fee includes a hoodie sweatshirt for all distances half marathon or longer (t-shirt for the 10K, 5K, and one mile races), a wooden finisher’s medal for all distances, all the food you can eat from Friday night until the last runner finishes on Monday, the best support crew in the world, and a rocking good time! A portion of every runner’s registration fee will be donated to Harrison Bay State Park to be used for maintenance and upgrades for the trail system within the park. The trails are available for FREE all year long!
Cabins with bunk beds are available on a first come, first served basis. Tent camping space is also available. Dry RV camping is available on a limited basis at the group camp; campsites with hookups are available within Harrison Bay State Park.
This is a LOW KEY, LAID BACK race experience. We value camaraderie over competition. We are out here to have a good time, to remove the high pressure of time limits and point-to-point courses, and to get everyone to the finish line. This is not Ironman or Rock N’ Roll marathon. This IS, however, one of our most popular and most beloved races. PLEASE make sure to check out the website for this race before registering, so you understand the type of event you are registering for.
Course Information
Harrison Bay State Park is the oldest park in the Tennessee State Park system, originally developed in the 1930s. The Run Amok course was developed in collaboration with Harrison Bay State Park ranger staff.
We use a mostly trail course, including packed dirt, some more technical sections with roots and rocks, crushed gravel, and grass. The course is best described as mostly gently rolling hills. Much of the course is wide enough for runners to run two-across; some sections are wider and some are single track trail. Approximately 4 miles runs along Harrison Bay, on the dedicated trail.
The entire loop is 6.55 miles long, making it an even 2 loops for half marathoners, 4 for marathoners. 5K, 10K, 50K, 50 mile, 100K, and 100 miles runners will have a marked out-and-back section that will get their mileage up to the correct distance. This is not and will not be a certified course. The distance is correct. Please understand that when running under tree cover and near water, GPS can and has inaccurately measured this course. We have done the course while wearing and using multiple GPS devices at the same time and have come up with multiple distances, which is why we measure from the ground. Particularly if you use a phone app, you are much more likely to show a longer course. If your GPS reads long – we won’t charge you extra. If your GPS reads short, you’re welcome to keep running.
You will not be able to find a trail half marathon, marathon, or ultramarathon in this area with this flat of an elevation profile. This race DOES meet all qualifications for Half Fanatics, Marathon Maniacs, and the 50 States Club. This race is USATF sanctioned and is timed.
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I love the races this race company puts on. They are local, or at least have a lot of local races. But the races are also low production and very … MORE
I love the races this race company puts on. They are local, or at least have a lot of local races. But the races are also low production and very small. This was a race weekend and all meals from Friday evening through Sunday morning were included in the race fee.
The course was pretty but the leaves on the ground made it hard to see the roots and rocks and I tripped and fell hard three times. Not the fault of the race organizers, just be aware of the hazards of this fall trail race.
I’m local to Chattanooga so it’s only a 20 minute drive for me to the race. If I lived more than an hour away I probably wouldn’t drive to this race. But it’s def a great race for locals who want a relaxed race. Oh, and the single aid station – which you pass with each loop – is probably the best aid station you’ve ever seen at a race.
Hard Course
Great Race Director, plenty of food, water and other supplies that’s needed You have time allowed on the course, it was all trail , almost like an out and back … MORE
Great Race Director, plenty of food, water and other supplies that’s needed
You have time allowed on the course, it was all trail , almost like an out and back , very nice views by the Harrisonbay lake