Sarah Bertness's Staging Area

This was my very first half marathon (prior I’d only ran 5ks) and I was a tad nervous, but this was honestly an A++ experience. First of all you really can’t beat a spring day run through Savannah. The race starts and finishes on Forsyth Park, with the morning sun peeking through the spanish moss – its magic. A spin through around historic downtown city squares add instant charm to early miles, and once the race heads uptown city residents head to their front porches to cheer you on – some even setting up bespoke water and snack stations! The race gave a super nice duffle bag instead of a tee – which was super handy and is my new go to gym bag, and Publix gave a high quality keys/phone running belt bag. The whole route was well marked and managed by hydration stations and energy gel stops, and we even got a surprise whirl through the local Savannah Bananas baseball stadium complete with a marching band performance. The icing on the cake: professional photogs at the end of the course to get that perfect (free/included!) victory shot. 10/10, will run again.