Red, White & Boom! TC Half Marathon, Relay & 5K
Red, White & Boom! TC Half Marathon, Relay & 5K
( 12 reviews )-
Twin Cities,
Minnesota,
United States - July
- 3 miles/5K, 13.1 miles/Half Marathon
- Road Race
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I decided to fly to Minneapolis for the weekend to run this race and drink excessive amounts of Surly. The race itself was part of a stupid half marathon streak I had going in 2016.
Packet pickup was nothing special - I got my shirt, my beer glass and my bib in 30 minutes as we waited outside their offices that was easily accessible via train.
The course: Rolling hills and starting/finishing near the Mississippi River. Scenery was nice and green and reminded me of a suburban run. Unfortunately, my race went bad - I fell off my pacer around mile 5 because I was fighting a hangover and at mile 8, I saw him nursing his knee that had swollen to the size of a soccer ball. After getting him into an uber, I finished the race in considerable pain (turns out I earned a stress fracture in my femur from this race.) Aid stations had friendly volunteers, and the local police were exceptionally nice and supportive as they controlled traffic.
Overall, I liked the race. It was well organized, although my only real gripe involves nothing open near the start of the race (I need my pre-race coffee) and difficulty in finding local bars after to eat/drink.