This is the only official 10k I've done, so I don't have a basis for comparison. I live in Austin,…read moretrain on hills, so this wasn't bad for me (neither is the Turkey Trot or the Austin Half). So, train for hills. Great atmosphere and lots of energy.

For 45 years the Statemans 10k has been run with the exception of the last 3 years from what I…read moreheard over the PA system. It's Texas's largest 10k and the nations' sixth largest. Driving to the event, parking is easily accessible due in part of the starting location on the south side of the river. After parking one walks (or run for the crazies who like to run BEFORE THE RUN) up to the starting line, looking down the barrel of the state capital with the capital building directly in front of you. It's actually very inspiring to say the least. I was out of the state for a bit so my training was laxed to the point I almost didn't want to run but sleep. However, I have a phrase that keeps me motivated, "excuses only affect my goals, negating my efforts." This event and the 17k or 21k participants, depending on which report one is to believe, looked like a sherbet pushup with all the orange run tshirts that was this years' theme. I would say they're ugly until you are inundated in a flood of orange then it became a source of pride and unity. What I really enjoyed about the run is not only do you have those serious runners who set course and personal records but those in costumes, moms pushing kids in strollers, all ages, ethnicities, sizes, and even Darth Vader was running, which I wondered if he would get hot then I remembered he seems to like heat... (ok nerd jokes are done). Anyways it's a beautiful site to behold with that many people come together for a good cause and to get exercise in an overcast 60 degree morning with an ever intensifying medium wind setting in. I ran the Austin 1/2 marathon and this course is almost the exact reverse of the course! I found this very amusing but it also meant I remembered a lot of the course, which is good and bad b/c of those darn hills! Another cool aspect of the race is every mile had bathrooms and water stations! Dear God thank you Texas for nailing this and thx to all the volunteers, police, etc for helping. There's a sort of confidence when knowing water is always available. Also, there were lots of bands, DJs, and community support cheering everyone on littered all throughout the course. As someone who's only been here for 9 months, this says something about Texans, they support each other! On a more depressing note, as I got ready to cross the STARTING line on S Congress Ave, the announcers pointed our attention to the leader which was on the adjacent S 1st street bridge, close to finishing. The winner in 6 miles beat me by almost 45 minutes! After finishing the race with a LOT of cheering, you're welcomed with a scenic view that can fully be appreciated by those who completed a difficult task. A participation medal is given out, the only participation medal that I endorse but in my 5 Texas races I've run so far, it's the smallest. In fact, I've noticed all my Texas running medals are dinky. I suppose everything in Texas isn't bigger? I'm being petty but come on... they can do better. I did notice they weren't passing out food, only water and I sure could have used a boost. That said there's tons of food and beverage tents so one could stand in line if that's your thing. My final note is some directions could have been nice. I walked the wrong way to get to my car only to be cut off by a racing barrier. I was in no rush so water under the proverbial Congress Avenue Bridge I suppose. All in all I enjoyed the community, the race and view during the race, the pride and everything that went into making this Sunday a day and run to remember. If you're wanting to try a race but aren't a runner, I encourage trying the 10k just to get the experience. Of course, some level of fitness is needed, but that is a good thing. I applaud all those who were involved. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

This year will be my 4th Sunshine Run 10k and it has become an annual must for me because it's just…read morean all-around good time for a good cause. The weather is usually perfect in early May, the crowd is manageable, parking is a breeze, the finish-line festival is fun, and if you can run a halfway decent pace, you'll have a good chance at an age-group medal. Quite a few "serious" runners I know refuse to participate in our hallowed Cap10k (we just had the 41st edition of that one) because it is so overcrowded with non-runners who clog up the course and make it frustrating if not somewhat dangerous for those who are working to hit a time goal. That is not much of a problem with the Sunshine Run, as the number of participants is about a 10th of that in the Cap10k. Plus, the out-and-back course (Riverside - South 1st - Cesar Chavez - Veterans - Lake Austin - Exposition turnaround) is mostly flat except that little bitty hill by the fire station. On the way back to the common finish line, there can be a few annoying moments when you have to get around the walkers who are just now finishing their 5k, but there's plenty of space to maneuver. I kind of love the level of youth participation in the race. When you sign up, you have the option to make an extra donation to support fees so that a low-income child can run the race, and I see lots of school and recreational run clubs participating in the team challenges. Back at the finish festival, there are the usual fun things: music, free food & drinks, vendor swag, photo ops, etc. Oh, and lots of adorable dogs, because the race features a "fastest dog in Austin 5k" contest. I always just pay to park in the Long Center garage with no problem, but it would be easy enough to have someone drop-off at Riverside & Lamar or at Barton Springs & South 1st.

What a great race for a great cause. I found out about this race on the Austin Talk thread. Lucky…read morefind! The registration was only $25 for the 10k (6.2 miles) ....not sure how much the 5k was or the kids fun run. But anytime you find a cheap 10k you sign up for it! What really sets this race apart is that it is a race for a cause. Your entry fee goes towards summer camp tuition and fees for families that can't afford to pay. Awesome!! In addition to that, you can raise money and get swag...$50 raised gets you a T-shirt...hat...camel back thingy...more swag for how much you raise. The course begins on Auditorium Shores and stays flat except for the lil hill by Deep Eddy. It loops back around by the Cvs/Randals. The 5k makes the turn at Austin HS. I will definitely sign up for this race again! A super way to stay fit and give back.

I did this as the 3M but it's now the Austin international. This race may be "only" a half marathon…read morebut it is incredible! The course is fast, the swag is better than for the official Austin half, and lots of fantastic energy. I don't like that they charge you for the shuttle that you have to pre-arrange in advance. It was free the first few years I did it. If the half marathon is your jam, this is the one to do.

I have run the 3M Half Marathon three times. I might do it again. The only reason I would not is in…read moreorder to try other venues. I recommend this event, and I enjoyed it even after I tore my calf (and continued). It is, as advertised, downhill the whole way -- although there are a couple of very gentle rises, relative to the San Francisco Bay Area where I log most of my miles, they are nothing. At the end, you cut through the university campus, and that is a nice moment, since the environment changes and you can sense you are just about done. The main distinction of this sizable race is the format, point to point. I have finished more than 200 races of this distance. I'd estimate point to point, versus out and back or loop, constitutes much less than ten percent of the courses. That makes sense. You have a logistical issue, either for the organizers or the individuals, of making your way to the start line unless someone picks you up at the finish line. They operate charter buses for a fee. It is efficient. Mine had a passenger who suffered a medical incident. The driver was professional. After we pulled over into a parking lot, an EMT crew arrived. The total delay was less than fifteen minutes, which you can hardly begrudge. I was in my hotel room and cleaned up before my reliably slow friend had even finished. (They have many hotels within an easy walk of the corrals.) The other worthwhile feature is the swag bag. The title sponsor offers post-it notes and all sorts of products from their line, office supplies and cleaning tools. It is more stuff than any other race I've seen. One year they had a pair of scissors, which was too difficult to pack (I gave it to my friend). Overall, the folks who are in charge are competent. They have porta potties in ample number and aid stations. Austin is a fun city for a weekend. I'd bet I return; just not until I try some of the other destinations on my list.

Coming from out of state to run this race was totally worth it. Aside from the race and expo there…read morewere a bunch of pre race events all over town by run clubs and local business leading into race weekend. The race expo had lots of vendors and cool photo ops, race day is right in the center of down town which was pretty easy to get to since we were staying at a hotel in downtown. We did the half marathon, being from LA where we are use to hills I can honestly say the long stretching hills here in Austin were more challenging than I expected. Miles 1-4, 8-9, & 10-12 can gas you out if you hit the ground running too hard. But overall it's a great course, lots of crowd support and a great post race beer garden. After the race there are a lot of local breweries and business that have specials for race participants. If you're looking for an interesting city to travel to while have a great race as your other excuse to visit the Austin marathon is worth it.

When it comes to Yelp reviews, I try to be thorough in my experience and give the ultimate review…read more What's more thorough than waking up at 4:30 am to run 26.2 miles that you paid a chunk of change to do? I've never run a marathon before, but I trained for this sucker like it was nobody's business. It wasn't easy, and the universe kept throwing curveballs at me to try and stop me. Determination is what separates you from the corral. Makes you a doer. Packet pickup was a long and winding line of waiting the day prior. It's like Disneyland! After navigating through evil Austin traffic at 6 am, my cousin's fiancé and I got into the D heat after a good stretch, and just around 7:15 we were off. The course is a nightmare, I am going to be real with you. There are about 200 feet of constant elevation in the first 3.5 miles and many hills and "mountains" to get over throughout the entire duration. However, as someone who has lived in Austin for a year and a half now, it's a real showcase of some of the best places the Live Music Capital of the World has to offer. This is one of those courses you need to have people cheering for you at. Every time there was a person I knew in my line of sight, my energy increased tenfold. I was grateful to all the people who showed up, and the one who made me an incredible sign of me reviewing the marathon. She knew me too well. After suffering some major setbacks at the peak of my training, I hit a major wall past mile 20 and had to really push through to the end. It was a major accomplishment and has been a bucket list task for me since my middle school mayor gave this motivating speech about how he ran one. There is tons of live music set up along the route from rock bands to country artists to some DJs dropping heaters. It's cool to take in the sounds especially if your Airpods die. I appreciate the two gel stations, where they looked to be more generous with the gels. Take two. Take four. And the 22 different water and aid stations. There were many times when there was a line for the porta potties, so just know you will be waiting if you have to go. I did accidentally get their electrolyte hydration instead of water without knowing, and I was wondering why the water tasted so weird. The cups are different and they yell ELECTROLYTES at you as you grab it. I wasn't listening. I was RACING! Here's the course through my lens and memory: Starting on Congress, you quickly cross a Lady Bird Lake bridge and venture down South Congress, passing by Homeslice, The Continental Club, The Austin Motel, Hotel San Jose, and more. A quick turnaround on the 290 access road puts you on 1st Street, passing by the Long Center. You get to journey down Cesar Chavez, parallel to the Roy and Ann Butler Trail, before getting a view of the Lions Municipal Golf Course with Mozart's and Hula Hut just on the other side. You pass a cute chunk of houses on Enfield and go under Mopac before the nightmare mile 12 hill. After you survive the hill, you split off from the half marathon runners (bunch of rookies), passing Clay Pit (where I won the 2025 Rookie of the Year, by the way), the UT Austin campus, and The Drag. Hello, Scientology building. You get a quick run through the beautiful Hyde Park, where First Light Book Store and Allday Pizza call your name. Another golf course stands in your way before getting a look at the other side of the UT Austin campus and running under I-35. I will admit my memory is a little hazy for a few miles, but you do pass an ACC campus and a really nice park off Pleasant Valley where people had a great time playing soccer. I wish I could join them. If you survive all of that and a couple extra miles, you get to pass the "good eats" section of Austin with Justine's, Lil' Easy, Sawyer and Co., and De Nada. You pass probably your 10th Juiceland of the day. Cesar Chavez keeps going with a pass by the eager line of barbecue fiends at La Barbecue and Rockman, plus Juan in a Million and a beautiful Chalmers looking so delightful. A little journey and another Juiceland pass by take you to the formerly hipster East 6th Street for the final stretch. One more pass through under I-35 and you are on Red River Street, passing so many great venues like Swan Dive, Stubb's, and Mohawk, before climbing the monster hill off 11th Street at mile 26, passing the Texas State Capitol and running down the hill to the finish line. I got a finisher shirt, a little medal (that can also be a belt buckle, typical Austin), and some extra goodies along the way. I absolutely hated this. This was the hardest thing I have ever done in my entire life and even still, I will probably do it again sometime. It is not an easy course. Quite frankly, it is an extremely tough course. The Hill Country Hellscape makes the win so much more worthwhile. Pray for my knees. Pray for my legs. Ay caramba. This was all for the Yelp review. RIYL: Running for 20 miles and still having 6.2 miles left to go. Yeesh.

Swim Bike Run Fun Events are always the best! We love the friendly supportive vibe we experience at…read moretheir events. We've attended a duathlon, a sprint triathlon ( our first) and their Veterans day cycling events. Nice to support local and the team of gals who run things over there.

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I was really disappointed with my experience here. The actual tough Mudder (the course) was fun and…read morepretty great team-building BUT pretty much everything else had me upset. I felt like I was being nickeled and dimed everywhere I turned around! First off, it cost $20 dollars for parking WITH A PREPAY DISCOUNT. It's literally in middle of nowhere Texas and we parked in a huge field right outside the track. OF COURSE we need to park -- who lives out there?? -- and parking space isn't really a scarcity here. Just saying. ALSO something that could help out with parking space is getting people to the course faster! We were told to get to the track I believe an hour before our race (??) so we got there an hour and a half before just to be safe AND WE WERE LATE FOR OUR RACE!! By like 40 minutes! And many of the people around us had been delayed even more. THAT'S how long it took us to get through the line! And to make the angry literal 100s of people feel better (while we were still in line), they sent a guy through the line to tell us to "calm down"... EXCUSE ME??? On what planet would that help the situation?? One old guy actually ended up going off on the guy, saying he had to pick up his kids tonight and that he'd been delayed a ridiculous amount of time, which he totally deserved. Then, after all of that we tried to give them our backpack for storage because OF COURSE we need to store backpacks -- we have car keys! They charged us EVEN MORE for that! $10 just to put our stupid bag in their tent when the tickets already cost over $100! Overall, actually getting through the course was as expected I guess (so I can't fully recommend against it), but I don't appreciate the way the business was run. These costs could have easily been cut out or and least packaged up front so we're not slapped with an unnecessary curve ball. And the customer service? Please EDIT: Oh I guess you might actually want to hear about the race, huh? The race itself is actually pretty cool. Not enough to bring up this business'a rating from me. But cool. It's not easy -- be prepared to be running for very long periods of time in the heat, carrying heavy things, and falling into a mud river. But hey that's what you signed up for right? You'll endure tons of natural and man-made obstacles from scaling walls to ice pools to electroshock therapy (actually!). It's quality team building because you'll be going through hell together, and if you don't give up you'll make it out alive lol. Even if you don't think you can do all the obstacles! Don't give up! They give you bananas and water on the course so don't worry about being deprived of necessities if you take a super long time!

From the owner: Crew up and get ready for a new kind of do-si-do - one that doesn't require boots, spurs, or a…read moreten-gallon hat, but that'll leave you breathless and smiling ear-to-ear just the same. Every journey starts with a single step. Start yours here, then see how far you can take it. Whether a fun 5K or a 10-mile chance to really push your limits, we've got the challenge for you. Our courses are engineered so that teamwork isn't just encouraged; it's required. With the help of your fellow Mudders, you'll overcome best-in-class obstacles and adrenaline-packed challenges. You'll find out what you're really made of while having the most fun you've had in recent memory. Looking for a 5k, 10k, half marathon, marathon, obstacle course, mud run, team building, kid-friendly event, Tough Mudder is just for you!