Keep your running goals going through the summer, make some friends, have a great time!

As part of the lead up to the Raccoon Mountain Marathon, Half Marathon and Relay, Run Chattanooga hosted a free half marathon in January 2015 called FREEze Your Half Off. Over 100 runners participated in the inaugural event, braving the 17 degree weather! Almost 25% were first time half marathoners.

We had so much fun, we decided to do another one six months later. Enter BURN Your Half Off, a FREE half marathon, where the weather will be different, but the fun will be the same. Join us for year two on July 9, 2016.

The course is a double-out-and-back where you’ll pass the “aid station” more than once. You bring your own cup or water bottle (we’ll have water, Gatorade, and plenty of ice available), Scenic City Multisport has graciously offered to provide Gu, so you just need to bring anything else you think you’ll need. We’ll count your laps and time it. And we’ll even provide the medals. (Although keep in mind, this is a free, low-key race…medals will be kitschy, not fancy!)

GPS Coordinates for the Fry Center on the Riverwalk are:
35.097580, -85.252631

Post-race food is potluck – bring something to share!

You are welcome to go the whole distance – there is no time limit, so walkers are welcome – or just run your prescribed training plan distance, bring some food for the potluck, ring a cowbell, give out high fives, and enjoy the camaraderie!

This is a no fee, no prizes, no pressure, no whining, no time limit event. If you want to run fast and treat this like a race – go for it! If you want to walk the whole thing – you can do that too!

There is no fee for this fun run, but if you’d like to donate to our general fund (because these and other free events do cost us money and we don’t charge membership fees), we’ll have a jars out for donations. We’ll also have race shirts available for pre-sale (check theFacebook event page for more info) and other Run Chattanooga gear available too. Please also support the Raccoon Mountain Marathon, Half Marathon, Double Half and Relaycoming up in the spring by either running or volunteering; financially supporting our other events gives us more money to put on fun free events like this!

Invite anyone you want! The more the merrier!

The Facebook event for this run can be found here.   Online registration can be found here.ONLY REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS will receive a finisher’s “medal”!