Well, as advertised, it was hilly!! But actually, the hills weren't as much a problem as the heat and sheer numbers of runners. This is apparently a major draw for the local HS cross country teams and for some reason, they don't like to run at a consistent pace. Major bottlenecks everywhere. Walkers in the middle of it all.

Besides all that, it was a nice run! Up and down and thankfully through a lot of shade, because it was pretty sweaty. There were only two water stops and the volunteers were really struggling to keep up with demand.

I had no real sprint in me, but I kept up my pace and only walked to drink water.

Bring my own fluids, I would have loved something other than water.

Tried to find some water or gatorade!! They were handing out emergency blow horns *right* at the finish line but there were no drinks or food within eye sight. I headed for the porta john (finally!), where I found Tom who thankfully had spotted the drinks. By the time we got there I had sweat in my eyeballs and was forced to take a birdbath in line for cookies. Post-race refreshmnent was a little scanty: only water, bananas and cookies (woulda been rough after 10 hilly miles!!). Found Fromer at the finish line. Stretched a LOT and chilled with Tom, my mom, and Fromer.


Heat. Low mileage training.


I guess for the $17 race fee the post race snacks were all right.. but I don't think I've ever been to a race with no gatorade at the finish! I really didn't appreciate waiting 30 minutes for the start since I passed up bathrooms in order to be there on time... they need to put some out in the parking lots or something. They also really need to capitalize on all the CC runners and have the home team volunteer or something, they seemed a bit short staffed!

Fun run, but the bottlenecks and disorganization were kind of drawbacks!