Take me out to the ballgame, but first run over the bridge! Feed me a bagel and electrolytes, I just hope that my hamstrings aren’t tight! The Tacoma Narrows Half Marathon is back! We’re excited to announce the return of this event, which features a half marathon and 5K course …
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Take me out to the ballgame, but first run over the bridge! Feed me a bagel and electrolytes, I just hope that my hamstrings aren’t tight! The Tacoma Narrows Half Marathon is back!
We’re excited to announce the return of this event, which features a half marathon and 5K course that begins and ends at Cheney Stadium! We’re partnering with the Tacoma Rainiers, it’s going to be a weekend full of running and baseball fun!
The Tacoma Narrows Half Marathon is an out-and-back course that will start outside Cheney Stadium, you’ll then run along the Scott Pierson Trail, cross the pedestrian bridge over highway 16 and run through the quiet Skyline neighborhood* then take you across the majestic Tacoma Narrows Bridge and bring you back inside Cheney Stadium, where you’ll run on the warning track (and where you will see yourself on the jumbotron and be able to say “Look Ma, I made it!”).
*You’ll cross the Skyline Bridge again on the way back and run the neighborhood loop again on the way back to Cheney Stadium. The Tacoma Narrows 5K course will also start and finish at Cheney Stadium and include a lap around the warning track.
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Quite Hilly and Many Turns
This is definitely NOT a race you want to run if you want to PR. You go over the Tacoma Narrows Bridge twice, and I thought the mile after the … MORE
This is definitely NOT a race you want to run if you want to PR. You go over the Tacoma Narrows Bridge twice, and I thought the mile after the second lap of the bridge (mile 8) was especially hilly and my slowest split.
Even though there was police throughout the course, there was still traffic. The medal was ugly.
On the positive side, the weather was not too bad, and it was cool going over the bridge. All in all, I think this is a decent race if you want to practice over a hilly terrain. But, don’t go in expecting any PRs.