The race was partially on grass, and then on a cinder/gravel running path. Fairly hilly course.

I run regularly in the area where the race was held, and a couple times I accidentally went slightly off course... I stayed on the path where the painted lines actually cut to the inside. oops.

Also, the path is only about 4 runners wide, and we did multiple loops. After my first loop I ended up having to run in the grass beside the path a lot, which was also slanted away from the gravel. That may have hurt my speed a bit.

Overall pretty satisfied with the run, but I feel pretty confident I have the ability to run an 18 minute 5k. Guess i'll just have to sign up for a road course 5k to see for sure...

Since the race was on Thanksgiving day, it was pretty cool that they gave out pies for the first place AG finishers. Got myself a pumpkin pie that went down really well after the T-giving turkey!

This race was a special event for me also because my parents were in town visiting, and my dad decided to run it with me. He runs 3-4 times a week for about 3 miles but had never tried a race. Happy to say he had a good experience, and actually finished 3rd in his age group! Hopefully we can do this again soon.