Midnight Run in Pigeon Forge Draws 200+

From KTC Race Staff

The Knoxville Track Club ventured back to Sevier County to host the Midnight 8k. This race is a  flat and fast course down the Parkway in Pigeon Forge, run under the lights at midnight each August. This year, over 200 folks sacrificed sleep and joined us for the race. This year’s overall and age-group awards were provided by Old Forge Distillery. Additional thanks to the City of Pigeon Forge Public Works and Police Departments, who kept traffic at bay and allowed our athletes this unique location to run.

Male Overall Winners: 1^st Place was Raymond Brugmans, 2^nd Place was Tyerell Hughes, and 3^rd Place was Nathan Taal. Interestingly, Raymond was in Pigeon Forge with some friends on Saturday, heard there was a road race happening, and signed up on race-day. Hailing from the Netherlands, he celebrated his home country’s Women’s World Cup victory with a victory of his own.

Female Overall Winners: 1^st Place was Olivia Paxton, 2^nd Place was Jennifer Weston (Runner’s Market), and 3^rd Place was Rebekah Howard.

Our Master’s Division winners were Sam Plemons (Runner’s Market) and Kyoko Yamamoto (Eddie’s Health Shoppe/Driving Energy).

Grandmaster winners were Brian Huskey (Runner’s Market) and Jennifer Singh (Eddie’s Health Shoppe/Driving Energy).

Senior Grandmaster winners were Christopher Martin and Chang-Hong Yu.

Full race results are available from ktc.org/results.

We are super appreciative of each volunteer who helped make this a successful event from start to finish.  Many volunteers pulled double-duty and volunteered before or after the race AND ran the race.

Want to join the fun with us in Sevier County? You don’t have to wait until next summer. The Pigeon Forge Half-Marathon, Relay, and 5k are coming up December 9. Registration is open!