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  • Half Marathon
  • 21.1 km
  • Nashville
  • Event weekend starts
  • Ballot entry

Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey Marathon Half Marathon

This race edition

Race date
Date not confirmed for this distance
Race timezone
Timezone not confirmed
Edition status
Status not confirmed

Entry options

2026 edition

Entry options are not yet confirmed for this edition. Check the organiser before making plans.

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Decision summary

Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey Marathon Half Marathon at a glance

Typical conditions
88/100

Historical race-date favourability, not a forecast

Evidence depth
15 verified facts

Stored GPS route

Quick answers

What runners ask first

Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey Marathon Half Marathon route map

raceindex.org has a GPS course file for Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey Marathon Half Marathon, so runners can inspect the route line on the map. Elevation charts and ascent figures appear only when that file includes usable elevation data.

Where does the Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey Marathon Half Marathon route go?

The setting includes parkland and city. A deliberately minimalist, un-certified marathon focused purely on running the challenge of the park. Organisers 'guarantee every runner a PR - a Permanent Remembrance' of a well-earned finish.

What should runners know on race day for the Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey Marathon Half Marathon?

There will be no bands, cheerleaders, wave starts or crowds.

Race character

Scenery

  • Parkland
  • City
  • Historic
  • Forest
  • Countryside

Atmosphere

  • Community
  • Scenic Tour

Entry, logistics and records

Records and field

Field size
300
Field cap
300

Entry requirements

Entry status
Ballot entry: Entry is listed as ballot or lottery based.

Race day logistics

On-course music
There will be no bands, cheerleaders, wave starts or crowds.

Course facts

Notable features
  • A deliberately minimalist, un-certified marathon focused purely on running the challenge of the park. Whimsical 'flying monkey' theme based on an invented local cryptid legend of an endangered flying-monkey species supposedly hunted to near-extinction after 1939. Organisers 'guarantee every runner a PR - a Permanent Remembrance' of a well-earned finish. No refunds, no transfers
  • Half marathon distance was added in 2019 and is run on a single Main Drive loop of the park
  • in 2026 it is held the weekend before the full marathon (15 November 2026)

What are typical race-day conditions?

  • 9°CTypical temperature
  • 17 kphTypical wind
  • 3 mmTypical rainfall
  • 88Favourability /100
Typical conditions for the race date and locality, within the endurance-optimal window. These are climatological norms, not a forecast, and are shared across every distance at this event.

How we calculated this

Published facts and derived model outputs on this page are tied to stored sources or a published, version-locked methodology. We show the provenance so runners, coaches and organisers can check it. Data on this page is current as of .

Derived numbers use scoring-methodology-v1.0.

Sources used on this page (2)

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