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@katiezulu

Yuma, AZ Raving since 2017 Active 6 years, 3 months ago

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Past Races (3)

Race Distance Location Date Result My Raves My Performance
5K Folsom, CA Dec 3, 2017
Half Ironman Tempe, AZ 2016
Sprint Avalon, CA 2013

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My husband ran the marathon so I signed up for the 5K. I enjoyed the flat out and back course that started and finished at the capitol. The early December … MORE

My husband ran the marathon so I signed up for the 5K. I enjoyed the flat out and back course that started and finished at the capitol. The early December temperatures made it chilly when waiting for the start, but perfect for the run. I was dropped off, so I can’t say much about parking.

The 5K is VERY kid friendly. As in about 85% of the “runners” were of elementary school age. There were enough of us to have 3 corrals, but the corrals were based on elementary school names, not times or age. Each corral started about 2 minutes after the previous corral. While I’m glad that there is a 5K option for those of us not doing the full marathon or relay, and that this race is encouraging fitness in very young ages, this 5K race needs some re-working. The race started at 7:30am, but maybe there should be a 7am start for “adults” (as in anyone that doesn’t want to worry about accidentally knocking into a kid that all of a sudden without warning stops right in front of you), and a 7:30am start for the “kids” (the elementary school kids and any adults just out for a nice Sunday walk).

Again, I’m so happy to see fitness being encouraged with these kids, but something to keep in mind if you are an adult signing up for this race by yourself (running childless) — kids will run at an all out sprint, zig-zag around people, then just stop. Or they stop right in the middle of the everything to tie their shoe (yes, safety is good, but so is moving over to the curb so you don’t get run over). Lots of “ooooohhhhh…..we’re only at mile one!!!!” or “Mile 2????? We still have another mile to go????? Ooooohhhhh!!!!!” comments at the mile markers. Kind of funny to hear as I remember being like that.

This race does hand out medals to finishers, but only to kid finishers. I felt a bit foolish being told I don’t get a medal when I went to get one at the end. Wish they had made that well known ahead of time. Water, Cliff Z-Bars, and bananas are also handed out at the end, to every finisher. Water is offered twice on the course, although I saw there was some confusion on where the water on the back portion was. A lot of kids were running over to the water tables set up for the out portion. Fortunately volunteers set the kids in the right direction. Maybe a sign is needed? Or an announcement at the beginning of the race?

All in all, great race to do if one parent is running the marathon and you have kids to entertain. The final 5K finishers came in at about 1:45 minuets, so very generous cut-off times too. If I were to do this again, I would make sure to start at the very front of corral to get a head start on these speedy kids, or borrow a kid and have a nice walk.

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