This national chain of races was disappointing when it came to the expo. There were at best three booths in attendance the year I ran. The swag would be alright if it wasn't a Santa tech shirt. When else can I wear it besides around the Holidays without looking odd? You also receive a Santa hat and beard for the race, although the year I ran it was freakishly warm (high 50s) and beards and hats littered the race course as runners got too hot.
The course itself was alright but nothing special and the candy at some of the aid stations ended up creating a sticky mess all over the road as runners just dumped it on the pavement. This is a great fun run, but definitely not one I'd do again as a half.

I hate to rate this race so low because it was their inaugural year and I'm hoping they learned from the first year, however, that's the only year I ran it. The expo was little more than a table of bibs and a table of shirts with a few sponsor booths after the race itself. The race, while scenic, was not a course reasonable for a crowd of 5k runners. The course wound down a path that follows White River, curving gently through the woods. I have run this path several times during training and with friends so I'm no stranger to it, but this path is wide enough for 3, maybe 4, abreast and this out and back course for the race made it a VERY tight squeeze for the participants once the faster runners passed the halfway point and came back the same path against the flow of the slower runners.
Again, I hope they changed some things after their first year, but I can't recommend it based on my experience in their inaugural year.

If you like mud and obstacles, this is a MUST attend. I have run Spartans and Warrior Dash and this one was more fun and insane than those. The terrain is hilltop with lots of sharp inclines and plant life to navigate. The obstacles included a muddy slide, a belly crawl with multiple paths to choose from, a 12' vertical wall, monkey bars, cliff climb, and much MUCH more!
The kids course is no joke either. They get their own muddy taste of OCR complete with balance beam and mud slide. The medals are a very cool ninja star, with actual katanas for people who place in their division. After the race, there was beer, a dg, a foam pit to dance in, and grill. All around great weekend for the OCR enthusiast.