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Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey Marathon Runner Comments
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Course 4.9 
Organization 5.0 
Spectators 4.3
Number of comments: 260 [displaying comments 11 to 21]
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J. P. from Homewood, AL
(12/2/2016)
 "Best marathon around!" (about: 2016)
50+ previous marathons
| 6+ Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey Marathons
COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 5 I have done this race every year and really love it! I LOVE running in the park, which is absolutely gorgeous! The hills are challenging and you can feel really good about your race no matter your time. Trent does a fantastic job as RD. The volunteers are plentiful and the BEST! I love the race shirts, t-shirts and medals! I love the post race party with the pot luck food and beer! Mostly, I love seeing the runners and volunteers that, through the years, have become friends! I'm looking forward to next year! | |
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C. S. from Minneapolis, MN
(11/29/2016)
"Can't beat it - a true experience" (about: 2016)
6-10 previous marathons
| 1 Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey Marathon
COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 5 Hard course covered with beautiful scenery, drowning in friendly volunteers and loaded with fun aid stations. Fantastic after-race party. Small, superbly organized: you can't put on an event better than Trent and his team do 'The Monkey'. You probably won't PR but you will smile a lot. | |
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T. J. from Brookfield, WI, USA
(11/24/2016)
"Unique, challenging, and addictive race" (about: 2016)
11-50 previous marathons
| 2 Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey Marathons
COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 5 One of my favorite marathons for many reasons. Each year has a different theme revolving around monkeys, which provides for unique race posters (printed by the famous Hatch Show Prints in Nashville), finisher medals, and humorous emails from the race director. The course is, to say the least, very challenging, for a road course. For a small race, the aid stations are plentiful and the volunteers are usually fellow runners and great. I recommend trying to do this race at least once. | |
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Ken Youngstead from Franklin, TN
(11/24/2016)
"A great experience!" (about: 2016)
1 previous marathon
| 1 Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey Marathon
COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 5 This race was such a great experience. It was my second marathon. It was much more of a challenge than my first, but so gratifying. The race director and volunteers were superb. The park is beautiful (especially given the time of year). After the race, the celebration includes a sea of good eats that people bring potluck style. This event is a real treat. | |
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Tom & Margaret Riser from Birmingham, AL
(11/22/2016)
"Still the Best!" (about: 2016)
11-50 previous marathons
| 6+ Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey Marathons
COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 5 This was our 11th monkey and it seems to get even better with age. The weather was perfect, the course was beautiful and the organization was exceptional. We love the Flying Monkey marathon and thank all those (especially Trent) who make it possible. | |
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K. P. from Rochester HIlls, Mi
(11/29/2015)
"The Hills are alive and well at Flying Monkey!" (about: 2015)
11-50 previous marathons
| 1 Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey Marathon
COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 5 This marathon was on my husband's bucket list......but I decided to run it - I ran with my son.....if you love to run and feel the spirit of running this race is for you! We had so much fun! The volunteers were the best and Trent's pumpkin pie was worth the 26 miles of hills! This was a great marathon and I will return!!! | |
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Dennis Meeks from Memphis,
(11/27/2015)
 "Best marathon ever!" (about: 2015)
11-50 previous marathons
| 2 Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey Marathons
COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 4 I've run 22 marathons and this was my second Monkey. Ironically, my time was slower this year than in all previous marathons and it still reigns as my favorite! Why? It's in a forest (duh), it's beautiful, the volunteers are great, aid stations plentiful, runners friendly and the RD is accessible and delightfully a little nuts. The beastly hills are unforgiving and the surroundings lush even by November standards. It's a marathon you can be proud to finish no matter your time. If you haven't run it, I suggest you really challenge yourself and try to beat, or should I say, make peace with the Flying Monkey at some point. It ain't easy and no cry babies should apply, but it's a truly wonderful, gorgeous run in the woods with good people and for a good cause. What else you want? | |
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C. P. from Nashville, TN
(11/26/2015)
"all 5 of my stars in each category are x1 million" (about: 2015)
11-50 previous marathons
| 4-5 Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey Marathons
COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 5 Without this race, I would be normal. Without these hills, I would be sane. Without the volunteers and the community that come out to greet and cheer each and every single runner in ANY weather, I would not finish. Without Monkey, I would be human. HHFMM forever. | |
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A. Y. from Florida
(11/24/2015)
"Stop monkeying around" (about: 2015)
50+ previous marathons
| 1 Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey Marathon
COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 5 If you love to run marathons, run this one. | |
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T. M. from Murfreesboro, TN
(11/22/2015)
"Absolute great event" (about: 2015)
11-50 previous marathons
| 4-5 Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey Marathons
COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 4 By far my favorite marathon, evident by the fact I've run it five years in a row. If you want a big city marathon with tons of runners and lots of spectators, this race is not for you. The park which host this race is beautiful, but hilly. Easy parking at the start/finish line means you don't have to worry about arriving early and it is easy to get to your car afterwards to change clothes. The post race spread and Yazoo beer at the post-race party are fabulous. The race is challenging and hilly. Those who really like to test themselves will be impressed. This race has a great mix of runners who support each other on the course. While there aren't a lot of spectators, those who are on the course those who are show a lot of excitement. Water stops are often. This race has great shirts (yes shirts, a long sleeve tech shirt customized for each runner and a short sleeve shirt with that years theme on it) and in 2015 had wooden finishers pins. As long as they will let me, I plan to be back. |
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