This race has to be one of my top 3 favorite races of all time. The first year I did the race, I participated in the 3-Way Challenge (5k, 10k, half marathon) and then returned the following year to do the full.

Let's start with the expo...FANTASTIC. Vendors everywhere you turn. We spent every bit of 3 hours checking out different booths, purchasing fun items, and gathering what seemed like endless samples. It was great! Very well organized as far as picking bibs up if shopping the expo isn't your style.

Race day...we were able to find free parking within close walking distance to the start line. Many hotels are directly near start line, so that's always an option. We stayed across the river in Kentucky. The start line is organized into corrals and there are people there actually checking to make sure you are in the correct corral which I appreciated. Music is blaring and there is a whole lot of energy for that early in the morning.

Course support was out of this world. It definitely ranks number one in course support for me in the races that I have done. People cheering, high fiving, making fun signs. Everywhere you turned there was someone or something to look at. I would describe the course as hilly, but that's to be expected in this area. Aid stations were plentiful and the volunteers there were so supportive. At one point on the course they had hand painted signs for runners who signed up in advance. I was able to find a man waving a sign with my name on it which I LOVED. It was the perfect pick-me-up at mile 9.

The finish area was very well organized and the process to get food was nice because everything was an assembly line. I can't say enough good things about this race. If you are looking for an Ohio race or just a race with sweet crowd support, then Flying Pig is definitely the race for you.