We found out about the Magnolia Meltdown at the expo for The Mississippi Blues Half Marathon back in January. We decided after running The Blues that we wouldn't mind coming back to Mississippi for another run!!

We arrived close to 630p on Friday and headed right to packet pick-up. There were a few people/vendors left, but for the most part everyone was packed up and headed home!!

The only thing I DIDN'T like about this run was the first 1.5 miles or so!! We started in the parking lot of the Renaissance of Colony Park and took us out to a walking/bike trail that was extremely narrow. We were advised at the start that this was not a closed course and to stay on the trail!! Bummer!! It was tight for a while, then everyone started finding there pace/place.

The weather was overcast with low humidity, which made for a perfect running temp. There were several areas of the course that were shaded, wound through neighborhoods and a shopping area, if I remember correctly there was a hill around mile 4.

We ate the pizza and cookies and drank the water and soda at the after party, but then we were off to Starbucks for a post run cawfee.!!

We enjoyed this run and area so much the we plan to run it again!!