
I Just Want to Be A Unicorn Half Marathon and 5k
Race Date
Mar 7, 2026
Location
Knoxville, TN
The Experience
Join Personal Best Racing for our I Just Want To Be A Unicorn Half Marathon and 5k along the beautiful riverfront greenways and roads. This year we are going GREEN! Half Marathon begins at 8am heading west on Neyland to the greenway connection that goes over the river (and through the woods) then back to pickup the Tyson Greenway to concord and back to the Volunteer Landing for a magical finish! The 5k begins at 8:15am and heads west on Neyland and turns around at connection of new greenway and old greenway. Packet Pickup will be held on Friday evening, March 6th at The Long Run 2452 Sutherland Ave, Knoxville, TN 37919 5-7pm and then again Saturday morning at Volunteer Landing, 956 Volunteer Landing Lane starting at 6:30am closing at 7:50am for both the half marathon and 5k. All participants will receive a medal, but the half marathon medals will be different. Awards will go to top 3 male and female over all, top masters male and female, 3 deep male and female Age group awards 5 and under, 6-10 11-14, 15-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70-79, 80-89, 90+ The Courses are as follows: HALF MARATHON 5k Course Please like our facebook page @Personal Best Racing
Logistics
Race Day
Saturday, March 7, 2026
Start Time
8:00 AM
Giveaway
Long Sleeved Awesome shirt
Start Location
500 Neyland Drive, Knoxville, TN, 37902
Course Info
USATF CertifiedCourse Type
Loop Course
Terrain
road
Difficulty
Ultra-Flat
Elevation Gain
0'
Net Drop/km
+0.20 m
Separation
0.7%
Also Offers
USATF Certified Course
TN21076MS · I Just Want to be a Unicorn Half Marathon
Relatively flat with minimal net elevation change. Loop course — start and finish are close together.
Course Map
Quality Score
Standout736 years running
~133 finishers a year
growing or steady
27% returning runners
USATF certified · 2 timing sources
runners from 5 states
winner 1:27:50
typical high 61°F
Race Day Weather
5-year historical avgStart (Low)
40°
Afternoon (High)
61°
Pleasant conditions — light layers at start, comfortable by finish
0.1"
Precipitation
11 mph
Wind
68%
Humidity
Historical Finish Times
How 511 finishers actually crossed the line across 6 years.
Most recent
2026
Total finishers
511
Median time
2:23:31
Latest turnout
86
States
21
Turnout by year
2020–2026
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