Ryne Isaac's Staging Area

This race has been on our radar for a while and we pulled the trigger on doing it this year. They go all out on the pig theme – from the volunteers (“grunts”) to the finish “swine.”

This year the expo had to be moved to the Northern Kentucky Convention Center and it was pretty chaotic, but still organized well.

First race I’ve ever seen put porta-potties in the starting corrals. Genius!

It’s a very fun atmosphere and great crowd support along the way. Lots of signs and cheer zones. It was very hilly miles 7-10, but has some great downhill the rest of the way.

We just ran this for fun and really loved our experience.

Salina Crossroads was a lot of fun. We made it just in time to pick up our packet the night before, it was quick and easy. They did a great job communicating about the weather the night before and the morning of the race. There wasn’t much crowd support, but that’s because it was 50 and rainy the entire time. The course was fun, simple, and clearly marked. There is one “main’ hill but it’s followed but a few uphill climbs – but the majority is flat. Pie at the finish line was awesome. The t-shirts and medals are nice.

We look forward to running the Route 66 every year. It’s just long enough to forget about those hills! Great crowd this year, even with a drizzly start.

Loved running the Route 66. It was cold temps (started out in the mid 20s) but the sun was shining and there was no wind. The hills at the end once again felt like monsters, but was able to PR! Fantastic medals and swag this year.

After a few years of running the half marathon, moved up to the full + the Center of the Universe “detour.” Lots of energy on the first half of the course and really thins out on the back half. The hills are never crazy steep, but they are relentlessly rolling. By the time I got to the detour it was a pretty sad affair. I hit the wall at mile 20 and never recovered. Really discouraged after thinking I was ready to tackle it.

Very easy to register. They had awesome shirts, medals, and packaging for all things for the race. They also had a really fun online presence around the race. I ran really hard and set an (unofficial) PR.

Loved this race. It was a little hillier than I expected, but had a great downhill finish. It was 50ish degrees and rained for the entire race. I think there would have been more crowd support if it wasn’t so gross outside. I had been sick and wasn’t sure how to pace myself, so really pushed over the last 3-4 miles.

Ran this because it was a rare summer race. Dodged the heat being too bad, but there was a pretty long stretch of no shade when the sun was up. It was a small race so there was no crowd support. The best scenery was running through OSU’s campus. I didn’t have a time goal and just ran for comfort – didn’t even look at my time until past 10 miles.

Had no idea what to expect having only ran one small 5K before this. We loved the atmosphere. We only trained to finish, so the hills over the last few miles were torturous! But we were able to run the whole thing.