Marathon schedule
Events will be held at First Tennessee Pavilion unless otherwise noted.Saturday7-8:30 a.m.: Registration and packet pick-up for Classic 150 5K9-10 a.m.: 5K (one-hour time limit)9 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Expo/packet pickup/registration10 a.m.: 5K awards11 a.m.: Kids’ race (one mile)Sunday6-7 a.m.: Emergency packet pickup6-7:30 a.m.: Bag drop at race finish6-7:30 a.m.: Busing from finish line to start8 a.m.: Marathon, marathon relay and half marathon start at Broad Street and Aquarium Way9-9:45 a.m.: Live music performed by the Knob Creek Girls9 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Race expo/post-race party/food/awards10-10:45 a.m.: Live music performed by Rick Rushing and the Blues Strangers11 a.m.: Half marathon awardsNoon to 12:45 p.m.: Live music performed by Kofi Mawuko and the Ogya World Music Band1 p.m.: Marathon awards
Drew Bailey and Alex Cruikshank hope to do more than just entertain runners and spectators during this weekend’s Chattanooga Marathon while they ramp up the brainwave-monitoring program they piloted at the race last year.
The duo also hopes to gather enough data to begin exploring an emerging scientific frontier.
Nine runners in Saturday’s 5K and 10 in Sunday’s full marathon will wear headsets that transmit a reading of their brainwaves to an app on their phones and back to a website that will be streamed live on a monitor in the First Tennessee Pavilion during the race.
The race-supported project is one piece in an effort by the city and the Chattanooga Sports Committee to create an engaging atmosphere near the race’s finish line. It will also be a first step in exploring Chattanooga’s psychogeography.