Sorry Bout That Half Marathon and Team Relay

🏃‍♂️ Welcome Back Runners!! This is the 12th Running!!!

The Sorry 'Bout That 1/2 Marathon and Team Relay is back for 2026. Hopefully it will be above freezing this year on race day, but not by much.

📍 Course Details

• Direction: The course will be clockwise this year, meaning an uphill start and uphill finish, with a large downhill in the middle miles.
• Aide Stations: Two aide stations and one portajohn will be on the course.
• Turns: All turns on the course are to the right except for one.
• Free Medals: Free Finisher Medals with entry and finish. If you enter the race and don't run you will not get a medal.

👕 T-Shirt Information

This year T shirts are extra cost. I have been informed by the accountants that the race can not afford to keep losing money every year. T shirt option was turned off on 12/29/2025.

🎉 Costume Remarks

Wear a costume to get a :30 second head start.

📅 Schedule

• 9:30: Registration/Packet Pickup Begins
• 11:00: Race Begins
• 2:00: Awards

🏞️ Course Route

Start and Finish at the Mission Valley Aquatic Center on Ridgewater Drive Polson, MT. It's a large clockwise loop. Start on Ridgewater, turn right onto the bike path heading south. Follow the bike path until you make a right turn onto Reservoir Rd. This road was just repaved with lines and a bike lane. It's almost too smooth. Hopefully you enjoy it. Continue on Reservoir until it meets Back Road. Turn Right heading North on Back Rd. Back Road becomes Kerr Damn and you will have a 1 mile plus gentle downhill into town. Continue on road as it curves right and becomes 7th avenue. There are no other options really other than going straight into the river, don't do that. Continue straight east on 7th Ave through town. There will be no road closures and cars will not be stopping for you, keep your head up and obey traffic rules. Just before the road starts climbing a hill turn left onto the bike path. Follow the bike path all the way back to Ridgewater. Take a Right on Ridgewater and return to MVAC.

🚗 Parking Information

NO Parking in the Mission Valley Aquatic Center. All parking for the race will be at the soccer fields behind the pool. Drive past the pool on Ridgewater, turn right and go into the large gravel lot behind the pool.

🏅 New for This Year

The MONTANA FROZEN FOOL/FULL. Complete the SBT1/2 in January. Complete the Snow Joke in February. Send me an email with your results. I will send you a personalized custom made MONTANA FROZEN FOOL/FULL award commemorating your frozen achievement.

🔗 More Information

For further details, visit the race page: Sorry Bout That Half Marathon.