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Race Reports for Credit Union Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run 2006

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Race rating (4)
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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: I really enjoyed the race. We didn't stick around for any post-race stuff, so I can't really comment there. I've also never been to a race of this magnitude. The others in the group seemed to comment that they like the Army 10 miler better...and possible prefer the old Cherry Blossom course?
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Race rating (5)
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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: As the field grows, it gets harder to seed yourself correctly in the corrals, (which each encompass too broad a range of paces), let alone rely on others to seed themselves correctly. Use your best judgement to avoid getting crowded in during the first few miles (I didn't feel crowded once we got started, but a lot of people did).
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: Very well organized with tons of volunteers. Shuttle service was surprisingly painless.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: race was well organized. course was a little boring in the middle with the rock-creek parkway making up most of the race (it's a fine break from the city during a marathon, but you expect to be near monuments or cherry blossoms for a cherry blossom 10 miler in d.c.). aid stations were fine, but they ran out of water and gatorade at the end of the race. muffins were excellent though. for the price, it was a good race and i would do it again. NOTE: attached are pics of tim and i. we were discussing his heel strike, so I subtly noted it in one of the pictures.
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Race rating (4)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: Very well run race. A ton of volunteers, great transportation options to the event, plenty of water on the course.
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[6]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

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

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

  • Comments: Overall, a great race. It was organized and the shuttle system was surprisingly hassle free! There were drink stations every 2.5 miles. I think they could have used more simply because they were very crowded. Also, instead of drinking only 4 times on the course, I would have preferred to drink smaller amounts more often (if there were stations every mile). The race has a lot of participants, but I never felt smothered by everyone. And for how many people ran, everything went smoothly.
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Race rating (4)
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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: Very good run - lots of volunteers - good event
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Race rating (5)
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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 an excellt Spring race if you get a good position to start, otherwise don't try for PR's here as it can get crowded. The course is very nice, organisation is very good too. Take the opportunity to upgrade your T-Shirt they are great.
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Race rating (4)
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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: Well organized, but I think they may have had more problems than usual with people running w/other people's numbers - they ran out of bottled water at the finish and were madly filling cups from water coolers for people - can't help but think more people may have showed than they counted on. (They do not allow transfers at all, but that's also really hard to police.) OK, considering that the results show 10,661 finishers and supposedly this is only a 10,000 man field, they definitely got more than planned.
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