In just 6 hours and 6 minutes after registration opened, the 6th Annual Murfreesboro Half Marathon reached its cap of 2,500 participants.

Last year, the event sold out in eleven days.

“We are overwhelmed by the response,” said Melinda Tate, race director. “First-time half marathon runners like this event because it’s not very hilly. Experienced runners use the race as a training run for full marathons and to beat their PR (personal record).”

Murph's Fun Run Still Available

Registration for Murph’s Fun Run is still available. Children ages six to thirteen will have an opportunity to participate in the one-mile run which will begin immediately after the half marathon start. Registration is limited to 250 fun run participants.

An official Murfreesboro City Bicentennial event, the course goes down scenic tree-lined Main Street and Maney Avenue to Oaklands Historic House Museum. Runners will circle the Rutherford County Courthouse on the Square, pass by by MTSU’s Fraternity Row and the obelisk on Old Lascassas, and then finish on the MTSU track.

Sponsors include Middle Tennessee Medical Center, The City of Murfreesboro, Murfreesboro Parks & Recreation Department, Fleet Feet Sports, Middle Tennessee State University, Jim ‘N’ Nick’s, State Farm, Backer, Little Guys Movers, The WORX Group, Purity, Newk’s Express Café, The Daily News Journal, The Murfreesboro Post, Murfreesboro Magazine, HobNob Murfreesboro and WGNS.

For more information, visit www.TheMiddleHalf.com.