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Race Reports for Blue Bell Fun Run 10k

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  • Lots of volunteers to help?
  • Plenty of drink stations?

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  • Comments: I just ran this with my daughter (who was running chipped), but wanted to give a review of the race for anyone interested. Well the big draw for this race is the all you can eat blue bell ice cream. I don't know why, but we had all pictured eating bowls of ice cream. What they actually do is put out their packaged bars. Lots of fruit bars (dairy free), crunch bars, vanilla/chocolate "great divide" bars, cookies n'cream ice cream sandwiches. They open lots of boxes on the table and the. It is a bit crazy to try and get to the front. No lines, just mob-type order! They don't check to see if you are a registered runner, so spectators or anyone can really eat away. My daughter ran the 5k and hubby did the 10k. There are 2 good hills on the 5k, and an additional 2 on the 10k - including a nice big one right near the end. The course is on the road throughout. It was nice, but nothing beautiful. The course for the 5k was crowded and hard to navigate/pass. It was a but frustrating at times.
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Race rating (3)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Course was ok--pretty hilly, but not as pretty as I would have hoped. The blue-bell ice-cream was nice at the end, but having some scooped ice cream would have been even better. Well organized. Overlapping of the 5k and 10k courses was pretty annoying
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Race rating (3)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: This is a small town race, but gets a good crowd. Blue Bell Ice Cream is the sponsor so you get ice cream afterwards....and it's Blue Bell!!! My only gripe was with the course routing of the 5K at the end. They had the 5k race rejoin the 10K race with 1 1/4 mile to the finish....not sure this is such a good idea as the faster 10K racers were thrown in with some slower 5K folks. Overall a good time though!
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Race rating (2)
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  • Organised?No
  • Events on time?No

  • Lots of volunteers to help?No
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Below average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: I would not consider doing this race again. It was very disorganized. Not surprising, they didn't have my time posted initially since I had been given the wrong race bib. The race started about 45 minutes late and they had no water at the start line. Many of the runners were still down the hill when the race started because there was no communication as to what was going on.
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