Country Music Marathon (Read 1322 times)

Anyone else planning on running this in April? I will be there probably in corral 2 but maybe in corral 1.

Yea, but haven't registered. Supposedly, the guy from Elite I met last year will hook me up with a discount if I call him...I just keep forgetting to call.

In for the second year. If you make it, you will come back again. This is a great race

Been there the past 2 years. It is one of my favorites. You will find me at Legends on the Corner Thursday and Saturday with Friday being my annual trip to the Grand Ole Opry. See ya there.

From today's Tennessean: http://www.tennessean.com/article/20090218/FEATURES01/90218057/1004/FEATURES

From today's Tennessean: http://www.tennessean.com/article/20090218/FEATURES01/90218057/1004/FEATURES

I saw this on their website the other day. It is a solid change that I wish all made. Houston gave a cotton shirt for simply registering then an Under Armour Shirt for finishing. Now that was a score... support on the course a medal and 2 shirts for the entry fee I paid. Sugoi is a good product as well.

The shirt is awesome, but I am truly curious about the course change... Shelby doesn't bother me, I mean through that area is lonely, but it's at least FAIRLY flat. I'd love to stay out of the greenway over on Great Circle and Rosa Parks. That's my least favorite part of the course. It's so lonely out there, plus the hill at 17 which is then leading to 19 sucks.

The shirt is awesome, but I am truly curious about the course change... Shelby doesn't bother me, I mean through that area is lonely, but it's at least FAIRLY flat. I'd love to stay out of the greenway over on Great Circle and Rosa Parks. That's my least favorite part of the course. It's so lonely out there, plus the hill at 17 which is then leading to 19 sucks.

You know the whole course is good but I find that steady climb from miles 17-19 to be the worst part of the course as well. Not enough to deter me from making this race one of my fav's. Buffalo Gal I was not at SA but have done some of the other Elite races and by far CMM has the logistics and organization wrapped up in comparison to the ones I have ran. Nashville is one of my favorite cities and running marathons is my favorite past time so the combo is almost unbeatable.

I'm in with four others from my running group. We did San Antonio and I'm hoping for better logistics from Elite. Happy, happy about the Sugoi shirt.

I've done all of Elite's fulls (not the halves at Virginia Beach or San Jose), and I have to say that they actually did really well in SA by Elite's general standards. The thing I've learned is that Elite relies a lot... A LOT... on local folks to do lots of the legwork. This is why the food at the end of SA, in comparison, was way better than the food at CMM or SD. For some reason, Elite is obsessed with point-to-point courses and so shuttle logistics are always a big deal. Anyway, you shouldn't expect better logistics at CMM except for one big fact: unlike SA, the finish stadium at CMM offers a lot more parking and easier access coming/going than the goofy alamodome.