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I Just Want to Be A Unicorn Half Marathon and 5k

I Just Want to Be A Unicorn Half Marathon and 5k

Race Date

Mar 7, 2026

Location

Knoxville, TN

Standout73

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

Directions

Course Info

USATF Certified

Course Type

Loop Course

Terrain

road

Difficulty

Ultra-Flat

Elevation Gain

0'

Net Drop/km

+0.20 m

Separation

0.7%

Also Offers

3.1 Miles

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

Standout73
Methodology
Heritage12/20

6 years running

Size11/15

~133 finishers a year

Momentum5/5

growing or steady

Loyalty20/20

27% returning runners

Course & details12/15

USATF certified · 2 timing sources

National draw4/10

runners from 5 states

Front-pack speed1/5

winner 1:27:50

Weather8/10

typical high 61°F

Race Day Weather

5-year historical avg

Start (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

10%
25%
75%
90%
1:15p50 median ≈ 2:103:45

Turnout by year

20202026

'20'22'23'24'25'26
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