Starlight Half Marathon & 5K
Starlight Half Marathon & 5K
( 1 review )-
Palm Coast,
Florida,
United States - December
- 3 miles/5K, 13.1 miles/Half Marathon
- Road Race
- Event Website
Jessica
Jacksonville, Florida, United StatesOverall
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Expo Quality
Elevation Difficulty
Parking/Access
Race Management
This was my 3rd year at this race (2nd time doing the half) and I love it. It's simple, pretty, and fun.
Registration: I was actually the first person to register (yay bib #1) and it was $35 for the half as they were offering $10 off for the first 20 people. The starting price for the half was $45. It was online and easy. They use runsignup.com which I like because you can creep on the other participants.
Expo: I picked up my packet the day of the race at the race site. There were a few vendors. It was outdoors and really pretty with Christmas lights and trees everywhere.
Photos: None since it was a night time race.
Course: Pancake flat through the beautiful paved trails of Palm Coast. It's a night run so the course was lined with glow sticks and there were plenty of volunteers to make sure nobody got lost.
Aid stations: Plenty with water and Gatorade. No bottlenecking that I saw.
Medal/swag: Glow in the dark HUGE medal! And a really awesome long sleeve tech shirt that I'll actually wear. Lots of coupons in the goodie bag for food, other runs, etc.
Food: SO GOOD. Taco and quesadilla bar. There was free beer and you were only supposed to get 1 but they gave me 3 because they had a lot (and I wasn't driving). There was also HOT CHOCOLATE AND SMORES!! There were firepits to make smores at. This was my favorite part of the race.
Parking: Plenty of parking close to the start.
I loved this race but I think I'll do the 5K again next year. Palm Coast is great to run in.