| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | |
| H (°F) | 44 | 50 | 39 | 59 | 50 |
| L (°F) | 26 | 35 | 35 | 50 | 40 |
The race was out and back TWICE, which was horribly boring and the hills were pretty bad. You start at the top of a long, steep hill and going back … MORE
The race was out and back TWICE, which was horribly boring and the hills were pretty bad. You start at the top of a long, steep hill and going back up it twice was pretty miserable. Not many people showed up either. It was an ok race but I wouldn’t sign up again.
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I'm shocked. This is the first time I've ever given this high of a review, and I've liked other races more, but looking back at this objectively there's nothing for … MORE
I’m shocked. This is the first time I’ve ever given this high of a review, and I’ve liked other races more, but looking back at this objectively there’s nothing for me to easily deduct a point on. I’ve done races in this series before but never St. Jo and never at this new location they picked. I loved it. It is a double out and back with a bowl-shaped elevation profile and you will put in some work on these hills. The actual course was gorgeous though, slowly winding through a park for much of it, with the first/last mile being a windy decent on a park road up a pretty good-sized hill (with tunnel and everything). At the bottom of that one you cross one of two (controlled) intersections then start up another shorter less steep one to the part section. Keep in mind, this is out and back. Twice. There are lesser hills on the rest of the course, but these are the two that will eat your lunch and laugh at you if you’re unprepared. Shockingly my first 8 splits were well under par and I didn’t drop to the worse side of par until the final two splits, but wow did I drop. Battling a cramp in my toe I was still quite happy with my final time, which honestly could have been a PR if I could have redone the last 1.1 miles. The views are amazing and somehow always came with a headwind (Uphill, both ways!…yeah grandpa…). I heard more than one person say they hated the course, which, if you were expecting a “4 laps around downtown” sort of thing, I can see why this would break you off. If you could make a trail run that didn’t involve roots, mud, gravel or dust you’d have a good approximation of what is going on here.
Great classy medal (with embedded bottle opener). Guess the tshirt was standard, so minus half a shoe there? I’m stretching. It wasn’t a perfect race, surely, as everything can be improved but it was definitely an A-student in the class. Looking forward to next year’s.
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The course was not good
The race was out and back TWICE, which was horribly boring and the hills were pretty bad. You start at the top of a long, steep hill and going back … MORE
The race was out and back TWICE, which was horribly boring and the hills were pretty bad. You start at the top of a long, steep hill and going back up it twice was pretty miserable. Not many people showed up either. It was an ok race but I wouldn’t sign up again.
100% do again.
I'm shocked. This is the first time I've ever given this high of a review, and I've liked other races more, but looking back at this objectively there's nothing for … MORE
I’m shocked. This is the first time I’ve ever given this high of a review, and I’ve liked other races more, but looking back at this objectively there’s nothing for me to easily deduct a point on. I’ve done races in this series before but never St. Jo and never at this new location they picked. I loved it. It is a double out and back with a bowl-shaped elevation profile and you will put in some work on these hills. The actual course was gorgeous though, slowly winding through a park for much of it, with the first/last mile being a windy decent on a park road up a pretty good-sized hill (with tunnel and everything). At the bottom of that one you cross one of two (controlled) intersections then start up another shorter less steep one to the part section. Keep in mind, this is out and back. Twice. There are lesser hills on the rest of the course, but these are the two that will eat your lunch and laugh at you if you’re unprepared. Shockingly my first 8 splits were well under par and I didn’t drop to the worse side of par until the final two splits, but wow did I drop. Battling a cramp in my toe I was still quite happy with my final time, which honestly could have been a PR if I could have redone the last 1.1 miles. The views are amazing and somehow always came with a headwind (Uphill, both ways!…yeah grandpa…). I heard more than one person say they hated the course, which, if you were expecting a “4 laps around downtown” sort of thing, I can see why this would break you off. If you could make a trail run that didn’t involve roots, mud, gravel or dust you’d have a good approximation of what is going on here.
Great classy medal (with embedded bottle opener). Guess the tshirt was standard, so minus half a shoe there? I’m stretching. It wasn’t a perfect race, surely, as everything can be improved but it was definitely an A-student in the class. Looking forward to next year’s.