ABOUT THIS RACE:
Race Starting Location:
Country Park, Greensboro, NC
The St Valentine's Day Massacre Marathon Relay is a Running race in Greensboro, North Carolina consisting of a Marathon Relay.
Whata¦ a marathon in February?! Don't fret, you get to run it with your buddies. Get 3 friends together because this race is all about teams. The marathon is 16 laps. Each person on the team will run 4 laps or approximately 6.5 miles. You get to go to work on Monday and tell everyone you ran a marathon (just leave out it was a relay). Hey, if you are crazy enough to do this race all by yourself we won't stop you. The course is certified so it is a Boston Qualifier. If you're a loner and don't have 3 friends then convince your cousin to do it with you because we have a 2 person division as well. And, for those with lots of friends, we have a 5-8 person teamsa¦so there is something for everyone!
See what it's all abouta¦
So how does this work againa¦
The race has 3 divisions.
Solo (I'm crazy enough to run this mofo by myself)
2 Person Team (I don't have 3 friends so this is the best I can do)
4 Person Team (We are the life of the party)
5-8 Person Team (And we take the party to the next level)
If you run it solo it's easya¦ when the gun goes off, you run. Stop once you run 16 laps (26.2 miles)
If you're on a 2 person team we are pretty lax on the rules. You can divide the 16 laps up any way you want. 1 person can run 15 laps the other person can run 1 lap. We don't care if you run all your laps at once or hand off and let your team run a few before you come back and run again. Same goes for 5-8 person teams. Share the laps however you like, but everyone has to run at least 1 lap!
4 person team make up the majority of the race. The race is built around 4 people on a team and we ask that you follow these simple rules to be eligible for awards. Each team member will run one 1.6-mile loop, then wait for the other relay member to run their loop. (note, the first lap is a modified 2.2 mile loop). We want people on 4 person team to only run 1 consecutive lap. Soooo that means you can't run 4 laps in a row then go put on warm clothesa¦ no, no, noa¦ you have to run 1 lap cheer on your team for 3 laps then run 1 lap again. You repeat this for all 16 laps.
The course is a 1.6 Mile Loop around Country Park. Country Park is a wonderful backdrop for a race but be warned it is not flat. You will run the loop clockwise. The marathon is 16 laps. The first lap is modified to 2.2 miles (run clockwise through Jaycee Park) and the remaining 15 laps are all 1.6 miles.