Everything you need to know for a successful, organized and safe 20:12 experience View in Browser
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WELCOME TO THE 2023 20:12
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Thank you for your RSVP! We are looking forward to spending Saturday morning with you for your last long run or walk. We have been producing this free community run and walk (not a race) with the help of our fantastic charity partners, P&G, and several other great community partners for over 20 years and every year it gets bigger and more fun!
This year we are once again excited to offer you fully supported and marked 6 mile, 12 mile, and 20 mile courses that will take you along several portions of the Flying Pig course and beautiful Cincinnati.
We love that this event continues to grow every year! Please consider that when making your plans to arrive, park, meet up with others, and navigate the course.
Please take the time to read all of the important logistics below. These details will help ensure you have a fun, organized, and most importantly safe run or walk on Saturday.
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This year the 20:12 will begin and end at Schmidlapp Event Lawn, next to Moerlein Lager House in downtown Cincinnati.
This beautiful park is centrally located and is easily accessible from the highway. Schmidlapp Lawn has space for everyone to enjoy before and after the run. And best of all, this location gives runners direct access to the Flying Pig course.
One of the benefits of being downtown is that there are endless parking options. From street parking (depending on street and time), garages and flat lots, you should have no problem parking close to the park early on Saturday morning.
This is also a great opportunity to test your Flying Pig morning parking strategy.
Just don't park anywhere that might get you towed, that would be a terrible way to end a great morning!
Carpooling with friends and Uber/Lyft are also great options. There is a Reds game at 4:10PM on Saturday so keep that in mind when parking.
A Few Parking Suggestions:
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The restrooms will be open at 6:30AM & are located on the street level along Mehring Way below the Carol Ann's Carousel. Follow the "restroom" signs to the stairs off Walnut / E Ted Berry St (near Yard House side of the park) to access the restrooms.
The Flying Pig Marathon will be providing a Port-o-let station along the course on Riverside Drive near Eli's BBQ.
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People will begin arriving as early as 6:30AM. We will begin announcements at 7:15AM sharp. After announcements and a special send off from PigWorks CEO, Iris Simpson Bush, we'll ask people to begin self seeding in order of pace. Seed yourself appropriately. You will see the Fleet Feet Pace Group Leaders holding up blue pace signs in :30 increments. Please make your way to your planned pace.
The "start line" will be at the corner of Joe Nuxhall Way & Mehring Way.
The Fleet Feet Running Club Coaches will be directing and sending groups off according to pace windows.They will be using megaphones to direct you, please follow their instructions to allow for an easy and orderly send off. We will start with the 7:00-7:30 pace group and will proceed down in :30 increments.
Because of the bridges and potential stops on the first mile we will stick to :30-:45 gap between groups to do our best to avoid bottlenecking during the first few miles.
First runners should be lined up by 7:25AM as we will begin at 7:30AM sharp.
All 20 and 12 mile runners and walkers will be off by 7:45AM at the latest. The wave start is designed to ensure a safe and easy start, please be patient the first mile as the groups thin out. Remember, this is NOT a race start.
The 6 mile runners and walkers will go off at 8:00AM. We will send them off in groups by runners, intervals, and walkers.
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To respect our city park permit and to be consistent with the Flying Pig there is a course cut off time of 1:15PM, which is approximately a 16 minute/per average pace beginning at 7:30AM. If you think you may need more time you are encouraged and welcome to begin early, but be sure to carry your own water because not all fueling stations will be set up at that time.
If you are still on the course after 1:15PM time we ask you please understand that the water stops and other support will no longer be on the course. We must also be completely cleaned up and moved out of Schmidlapp Event Lawn by 1:45PM, so please plan accordingly if you anticipate taking longer.
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This event is NOT a closed course and NOT a race. But the 20, 12, and 6 miles courses will all be CLEARLY MARKED with bright PINK, GREEN, BLUE Route Arrows on the sidewalks/intersections.
Printed turn-by-turn route cards will be available at the Fleet Feet tents in the morning.
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WATER STOPS
& COMMUNITY PARTNERS
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You can expect a water stop approximately every 3-4 miles along the courses. That said, we highly encourage all participants to carry their own hydration. There will be paper cups at each stop, but to be safe, carry a reusable cup or water bottle.
There will be WATER at every water stop. Some stations may have more snacks but we encourage self sufficient runners and walkers.
Infinit Nutrition will be at some of the water stops with their Hydrate product!
We have great community partners who will be manning all of our water stops along the route. Be sure to thank and show your appreciation for the following groups as you arrive at their stops;
Events like this truly take a community to pull off. To show our support and appreciation for the local charity partners who lead all of the on-course water stops, we will be accepting $5 cash/venmo donations on their behalf before and after the run.
In return for your cash donation you will receive a $5 coupon to be used in store at Fleet Feet Cincinnati on April 15th or April 16th.
The money collected will be split equally between each of these great local fundraising missions -- ACS, Aruna Run, Girls on the Run, & City Gospel Mission.
Lastly, be on the lookout for the Flying Pig's "Random Oinks of Kindness" station located at the Overlook on Lake Drive. They always bring the fun!
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In partnership with ASICS, we challenge you to bring a pair of gently used shoes or running apparel (clean please) to be recycled via the ASICS Give Back Box. Donations will be collected on site and donated to City Gospel Mission & Mary Magdalene House.
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After you return from your awesome run or walk we will have loads of food and drink thanks to our friends at P&G, ASICS, and Fuel Stop. Stick around and enjoy your accomplishment with friends and celebrate your completed training and start of taper!
Oxford Physical Therapy, our partners in wellness, will be available for post run stretching & evaluations.
A HUGE thanks goes out to all of these organizations and the folks who work for them for their continued support of this event and Cincinnati running in general.
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Because this is a free community event all of the post run food and beverage has either been purchased by Fleet Feet or donated by our incredible community partners.
We'd like to specifically thank P&G for being supporters of this event for many years. Without their support, this event would truly not be what it is today. Be sure to say thank you to anyone you see on Saturday wearing P&G shirt or at the P&G booth at Schmidlapp Event Lawn.
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Once again, this event is NOT A RACE.
We are expecting a record number of participants this year.
This is not a closed course event, participate at your own risk. Road etiquette is a must and please use sidewalks and crosswalks when available. Most importantly, thank you for making Cincinnati the best running community in the country!
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