Pros:
- this race is part of the Tennessee State Parks running tour and is organized by that group.
- this year's frostbite race had only about half as many participants as they've had in previous years. I know that they recertify the course this year so I'm not sure if the turnout was lowered due to that? Regardless a smaller crowd is a pro to me!
- the course goes through Cedars of Lebanon State Park on an out-and-back stretch before leaving the park and entering into neighboring farm and residential areas. While the roads were not close to street traffic, there is so little traffic on these roads that it was not an issue at all. They also had numerous people at every intersection to ensure that there were no issues.
- the t-shirts for this race are optional but we're very cute this year. They were long sleeve technical t-shirts.
- I appreciate that the cost of this race, like all of the other running series races, is very low.
- I really love races where you can run on the entire road and really spread yourselves out. The scenery is pretty nice too. I run on these streets in this area quite a lot for my training runs and tend to enjoy seeing the trees and the open space.

Cons:
- none! Of course I wish that the weather had been warmer but that is no fault at all of the organizers.