Okay, Mel, please tell me that is a joke!
More than likely is.
This is the race website:
http://harpethhillsmarathon.com/
The Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey Marathon
carpe simiam. seize the monkey.
not flat. not fast. not certified. flying monkey attacks. you have got to be bananas.
saving the flying monkeys, one hill at a time
A Tough Little Run in the Park
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Ours has become an age of flat and fast marathons on city streets and in urban jungles, with more focus on times, course certification, gadgets, charities and putting on a big show than on running. Many modern marathons have become spectacles rather than athletic events. But it was not always this way. Marathons used to be about running for the sake of running. They were about pushing oneself beyond the physiologic limits of the human body. While running.
The Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey Marathon is meant to be an antidote. It is a marathon that is about running. Running hard. Running over big and memorable rolling hills and through dense woods. Running with other like minded athletes. The Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey Marathon is about the joy and pain of running a unique, and uniquely challenging--some would say beastly--26.2 mile course in the beautiful and historic Percy Warner Park, nestled among the Middle Tennessee Harpeth Hills.
We will time and measure the distance, but the course will not be certified, we will not use timing chips, and it will not be a Boston qualifying event. If you get to the end and you (or your gadget) believe the route to be long, we won't charge you extra; if you believe it to be short, just keep running. There will be no bands, cheerleaders, wave starts or crowds. We promise no marathon Personal Records, but we guarantee every runner a PR - a Permanent Remembrance of a well-earned marathon finish. We promise to give you approximately 26.2 tough and memorable miles, with a total of 3500 feet of elevation gain and loss.
Come out and join us in Nashville. We look forward to seeing you.
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I'll try and get it up later. 
Try to stick around teh W tent in teh meet & greet area after teh finish. May of us will eb there!
Oh Well!! 
