Sunday, May 1, 2016 • Knoxville, TN • Course Map
Set for its second annual running in 2016, the Race 13.1 Knoxville Half Marathon is set to run along a combination of roads and running, walking and biking trails just a few miles southwest of Knoxville and less than an hour’s drive from Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
The out-and-back course for the race starts and finishes at the Pinnacle at Turkey Creek, a shopping mall just north of downtown Farragut at 11251 Parkside Drive.
From there, runners will start out heading southwest along Parkside Drive around the outskirts of the mall, and then onto Grigsby Chapel Road.
Just after they pass the first mile marker, the race turns right onto the Grigsby Chapel Greenway, a 2 1/4-mile paved trail that connects many of the homes, schools and businesses here, and provides a link with the Campbell Station Greenway that begins near Campbell Station Park.
The shaded, tree-lined trail features “at least one serious hill,” the Knoxville Track Club notes in its review of area running trails.
Once runners weave their way through the trail and the roads through the neighborhoods, they’ll hit the first turnaround point at the end of East Ashton Court — and then retrace their steps all the way back to Grigsby Chapel Road.
Once they make it back to the outskirts of the mall, the course turns left onto Lakes Edge Drive for a brief stretch before turning right onto the Turkey Creek Greenway trail, which the KTC says has “nowhere near the neon glitz and blur of the mall,” but instead features “nice views of the water and nearby hillsides.”
There’s a second turnaround point on the Turkey Creek Greenway when runners have nearly reached the creek itself; after that, the course heads back to the starting line area at the Pinnacle at Turkey Creek for the race finish line.
Race Weather & Climate
Located in eastern Tennessee, Knoxville typically sees some of its mildest weather of the year in May, which is also its fourth-wettest month of the year and has experienced record temperatures as low as 37 degrees (in 1963) and as high as 93 degrees (in 1962).
On race day (May 1), the average low is 52ºF and the average high is 74ºF.
Course Map
See the race route map for the Race 13.1 Knoxville Half Marathon here.
Starting Time
- 7:00 AM – half marathon
- 7:15 AM – 10K, 5K
Fees
- $50 for the half marathon, if registered by November 16, 2015
- $65 between Nov. 17 – February 22, 2016
- $69 between Feb. 23 – March 28
- $79 between March 29 – April 25
- $89 after April 25
Registration
To reserve your spot in the 2016 running of the Race 13.1 Knoxville Half Marathon, 10K or 5K race, register online at the event website here.
Official Race Website
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