• Twin Cities,
    Minnesota,
    United States
  • July
  • 3 miles/5K, 13.1 miles/Half Marathon
  • Road Race
  • Event Website

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Thanks for visiting our Bibrave profile! There’s something for everyone this Independence Day in Minneapolis, Minnesota at the Red, White & Boom!, presented by Summit Brewing Company.

The event features a post-race grill and picnic with hot dogs and veggie dogs, Old Dutch potato chips, and long-time participant favorite, Kemps All-American Pops, to celebrate the Fourth of July.

All three courses include a bold final mile crossing the iconic, American-flag lined Stone Arch Bridge over the beautiful Mississippi River. We hope you'll kick off your holiday with us!

Karl

Funafuti, Tuvalu
3 9
2016
"Fun race with rolling hills"
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Karl 's thoughts:

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.

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