Holy Hills! If you do this race, be prepared to do some hills. Usually the first weekend in October, it hit Sept 30 this year with the Spokane Marathon next weekend. Race started at 8 AM and is just north of Spokane.

Bib Pick up: at Colbert Elementary school on race morning, no expo, as it's a small race

Price: $40 includes a shirt and medal, $25 without a shirt, long sleeved this year. Jealous because it was sweatshirts last year

Course: Hills. Be prepared for them. At mile 2, a hill appears and goes up at a good 45 to 60 degrees incline for at least 0.8 miles. There were areas that were flat and then once you think you're in the clear, you get some more hills. It essentially became a forced hill work out for me. Scenic course, on pavement and gravel. Wasn't a fan of mile 6 where you went downhill on gravel side roads in Colbert, I felt like I was going to fall on my face the entire time. Miles were marked with smaller markers on the ground. Race was a loop course with the start and finish just in front of the Elementary school. Water stations were every 2 miles or so with water, but no gatorade.

Finish: timer was visible and you got your medal fairly quick. Water and gatorade were available, as were apples and that was it.

Overall, don't know that I'll come back for this one. I needed a race to help with marathon training and this one was local. Hills were crazy, too many types of surfaces that we were running on (gravel, pavement, sidewalk), on active roads and no electrolytes on course. I get it's a small race and on the cheaper side, but a little more to eat after the race would have been appreciated.