Knoxville Track Club Gearing Up for 20th Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon

Although we are smack dab in the middle of the heat and humidity of summer, it is never too early to think about the Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon. We have set the date for next spring’s event, as it will be the weekend of April 6-7, 2024. Next spring will mark the 20th edition of the event…it is hard to believe how time has flown by!

We have big plans for 2024! We are excited about our community partnership for our 20th edition. While we are a nonprofit ourselves, one of the goals of the Knoxville Track Club is to help raise funds for other area nonprofit organizations through the success of the Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon. Since 2005, the Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon and the Knoxville Track Club have donated more than a million dollars back to local charities and organizations through the community contribution program. The Knoxville Track Club has selected Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley as the marathon’s 2024 Community Partner. A portion of proceeds from the event will be donated to the nonprofit. Prior to and throughout the 2024 races, the Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon and Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley will cross-promote the event and the organization’s mission to encourage active lifestyles among East Tennessee youth.

Speaking of big plans, mark your calendars for Saturday, February 10th. Our annual Covenant Kid’s Run Kickoff Event is changing venues in 2024…. more details to come as they are confirmed, but we are excited about this new opportunity!

This year’s RunKNOX training group runs will be sponsored by Eddie’s Health Shoppe, ZenEvo Dark Chocolate, and Tennessee Pre. With the support from these businesses, owned by Eddie Reymond, we will provide the group runs free of charge while providing water, sports drinks, and post-run food. While a few of the training runs will start from one of Eddie’s business locations (including both Health Shoppe locations), we will also meet at other locations around town, including Runners Market, New Balance Knoxville, Fleet Feet Knoxville, The Long Run, and Tennessee Sports Medicine Group. We will kick-off the group runs for marathoners on Saturday, December 2, at 8 am at Eddie’s Health Shoppe in the Suburban Plaza Shopping Center. While the half marathon group run schedule doesn’t officially begin until January, we still would encourage any half marathoner who wants to log a few miles with the company of more than 100 other walkers and runners to join us!

If you would like to participate in the 20th Annual event in 2024 and help us support the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley, go ahead and register today! Our next price increase will be October 1st. Be sure and register by 11:59 pm EST on September 30 in order to save up to $10 on your registration fee. Also note that as a KTC member, you are eligible to receive a $10 discount off of your CHKM event registration when registering online. Since we are using RunSignUp for the marathon registration again, the system will verify your club membership and automatically deduct your discount as long as you are a member in good standing.

Good luck with your summer training….see you on the roads!

-Jason Altman, Marathon Director