After reading the reviews, I expected one hill and then a flat course. Well when you are from flat-Chicago, I have to say the description given was not correct. It was more than just one hill. True, there was one killer hill and that was at about 8.2 miles and a killer it was. I will confess, I walked that baby. :) But there were several rolling hills. The course it on a wide street so you have plenty of room to move around runners and walkers alike. It was a beautiful course where trees lined both sides.

I will say from signing up pre-covid to actually running this race, the organizers communicated wonderfully the entire time. We stayed at the Sofitel on 17th Street which was less than 2 miles from both the expo and the start of the 5k and the 10 miler. We walked to the expo in the rain, and back. Numerous restaurants in the area to eat and prefuel. The volunteers were amazing and the Rocky music blaring at the miler markers really gave you the extra pump of energy to push like you were "Rocky." The bling is out of this world. Definitely 3 of the nicest medals I have received in some time.

Loved the many individuals dressed in Rocky-looking attire making it feel as if you were actually running alongside Rocky.

The energy from start to finish is amazing. I would highly recommend the RockRun 13.1 Italian Challange to all runners. What a memorable and fun time was had.

After the race we visited Market Street and had their Philly Cheese Steak and Franklin Ice Cream. Yum Yum