Registration was easy to sign up and later manage your profile. I added packet shipping as I was driving from hours south and knew the packet pickup window ended at 2 on 10/30 and that would have been hard to meet. The bib arrived the week before the race with safety pins too. I was a little confused as there was no shirt included and I hadn’t heard anything else in regards to event shirts.

The race was great with email communications in regard to parking but between the rains the week before and the location of the beach, parking was extremely limited. I parked 2 miles away from the start/finish at McNear’s Beach. This could partly be my fault as I am not local but a bigger race map would have been nice.

I was registered for the half but needed to drop to the 10k due to training and life not being what I had planned leading the race. I messaged the race but never heard anything back. On race morning with the help of other runners, I managed to find the solutions table. From there dropping to the 10K was easy.

The race is a late start, the half starts at 9 and the 10K at 9:45. Part of me liked the ability to sleep later but at the same time would have preferred an earlier start. But that also could be because I made the rookie mistake of overdressing and ended up roasting, ha ha.

The course is awesome though. Even if I think we were misdirected. The course description stated that it is all road except for .4 miles at the finish line. We sent up the trail on the way back around mile 4. Now I love trails so I didn’t mind but I did feel like we were not where we were supposed to be. Also there were no mile marker signs for the 10k after that. 2 lone runners had passed me on the road going the opposite way before the trail so I don't know if they were misdirected or the rest of us were.

The course was very scenic with some awesome views though. I also preferred the trail return on the last out and back, I was just confused. Also, prepare for hills.

The medals were great, both sides were detailed and colorful. Post race, I randomly found a table handing out race shirts but I don’t recall it being communicated that would get them post race.

The aid stations were spaced well throughout the course with water. Electrolytes were not available until the station around mile 4 right before the trail portion.

The start/finish area was at McNear’s Beach and there were various booths set up with local businesses or running stores. Live music was being played and all runners got 1 free beer. The beach is very pretty so it made for a nice start/finish.

Even with all the confusion, I would do this race again and do recommend it to everyone too.

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