Charlie Tauber's Staging Area

This race was generally a delight. It would have been enough to get one of my best-looking and favorite race shirts I have, but it’s got many more things going for it. The scenery is gorgeous – rolling hills through lush green Connecticut countryside. Course is quite challenging, more so than I expected. Lots of distance options – 5K, 7 miles, 13.1, and 16.2 (“The Mighty Cow” – the 5K plus the 13.1, at least in 2017 when I did it), and a kids’ 1K or 1 miler, I forget which. The race start was a short loop in a grassy area which was narrow, slow and crowded, but the rest of the race was more spacious – on pavement, except for about 1 mile later in the race which was on trail. Weather was excellent, still cool for spring. Expo and race organization and refreshments and other swag (besides the awesome shirt) were excellent.