A great run if you've had your hill training. It's billed as being primarily flat, but during your…read morelater miles, you're going to be faced with a lot of uphill mileage at the most inopportune time...near the end. Three words to combat this...stretch, gel and hydrate. You're going to need those electrolytes in your arsenal if you're going to talk those leg muscles into seeing this thing through to the finish line. One of the greatest selling points to this race is the wave starts. Every two minutes, they send off runners in ascending pace groups. This is essential for keeping the field open and uncongested. I found plenty of room to maneuver around slower runners, or get out of the way of faster ones, too. The beginning of the race is very picturesque as it takes you along the river, giving you a great view of the city. The last .2 mile is pretty exciting, too, as you race to the finish line at home plate in AutoZone Park, the home of the Memphis Redbirds Minor league baseball team. The park will be full of people cheering you on and believe me, you'll need them! When booking a room, make sure you make your reservation early. The hotels in the area sell out quite quickly and you don't want to have to drive for miles and miles after just having run 26.2 yourself!

Wow. Never in my life would I be in Tennessee, but as luck would have it, I was here for the 2010…read moreSt. Jude Memphis Marathon in December. After completing the race and looking up my results online the next morning, I quickly signed up for the 50 States Marathon Club. Yes! There is such a club and its filled with such amazing people! One of my favorite memories would be running through the St. Jude research hospital complex, where the kids and their parents and supporters were out there cheering the marathoners and half marathoners. It was a great feeling to have high five'd a couple of them in passing before I made my way. The expo itself was in the convention center in downtown Memphis. Thankfully, I got there a couple of hours before they closed. The expo was sparse, but it had plenty of runner related goods to service all types of runners. I picked up KT tape here and that suited me just fine. The course itself was great. The first few miles we ran along scenic venues and along the Missouri River. It was quite majestic, as the course took us in and around the city of Memphis. That pyramid was a pretty random thing, but I was told that a professional sports team used that arena as their home base. The last half of the course was a quintessential out and back course, which was scenic and took us through the residential areas of Memphis before heading back to the finish line in Autozone Park. Tried as I must, I was victorious and it helped me secure another personal best, which still stands today. The course support was nonexistent in the later miles, but that's what you can expect when you live life at the back of the pack. The aid stations were adequate and the finish line was great. It was awesome to have the announcer dude call my name and say I was from Hawaii, just to run the marathon. Such a priceless feeling indeed. I did like the finisher's medal and the post race pizza was ok. There was alot left, so I took one extra box and had it for dinner a few hours later. I would definitely recommend this race to support St. Jude's research hospital. If you are looking for a great marathon, this one should be on your list. A+ #Yelp Marathons

This is a fun 5K race because it starts and finishes at the gates of Graceland. You get to see lots…read moreof Elvis fan in all kinds of different outfits and it's for a good cause- Untied Cerebral Palsy. It is hot in August- so beware!

This event was held at Shelby farm. They will not cancel…read morethe race in a flash flood. We paid over 100 bucks for me and my wife to have our run timed with a chip. They did not even keep up with the time. As of today, they have not reimbursed the people that paid for the extra timed part of the race. The entire course was flooded and their was a lot of walkers in the beginning. The should mention if you want to walk get in the very back. Not the very front.

After waiting in line for nearly 2 hours for a t-shirt and bib (that I am pretty sure wasn't…read moreactually mine, but a random one they stuck a sticker with my info on) I was pretty unsure of how the event would be handled. Since there were flash flood warnings, road closings, and continual rain, I thought for sure they would postpone the race or let me use my entry fee for another race. Think again! The race went on, even after having to move parking due to the lot being flooded (first clue that more roads/paths would be flooded). I received an email this morning for $10 off a future race and free shipping for my packet...pretty sure that won't be used since safety of runners is clearly not a priority.