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@amerika206
Temple City, CA Raving since 2019 Active 4 years, 7 months agoAbout Me
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| Race | Distance | Location | Date | Result | My Raves | My Performance |
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| Santa Monica Classic | 5K | Santa Monica, CA | Sep 8, 2019 |
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Santa Monica Classic
Poor organization parking, start line
Santa Monica Classic
This is my second year completing the Santa Monica Classic. It's a beautiful course and overall an enjoyable race, but this year there were some disappointments that lessened the overall … MORE
This is my second year completing the Santa Monica Classic. It’s a beautiful course and overall an enjoyable race, but this year there were some disappointments that lessened the overall experience. First, the parking at the start line was very poorly organized. There was ONE payment kiosk available, no parking attendants, so the line to pay for parking took almost an hour for some participants. I got there early and waited about 20-30 minutes. An in person parking attendant is absolutely needed for this volume of participants. Second, the race was late to start. The 5K participants didn’t get started on time, which meant that the fast 10K participants caught up to the back of the 5K pack very quickly. This made for some frustrating crowd control moments on the course. Third, the shirts given at the end, now sponsored by Asics, ran very small and were made of cotton, not tech fabric. I participated with my local running club and everyone was very disappointed in the quality of shirts, and the lack of flexibility in being able to trade for larger sizes.