This is a Friday evening 1 mile race held on the track at a local college in Rochester. How the race works is runners are assigned waves based on age … MORE
This is a Friday evening 1 mile race held on the track at a local college in Rochester. How the race works is runners are assigned waves based on age (kids, open, masters), gender and time. I put my predicted time as 9 minutes as I didn’t think I’d be doing a 5K right before the race. At first I was sad that the Big Run was moved to Friday but then they sent an email with the wave starts and the women’s 6 to 10 minutes started at 7:55 which would time out perfectly after the 5K. The only catch was I didn’t think I could finish a mile under 10 minutes if I also ran a 5K but the over 10 minutes category started at 7 and I wouldn’t make it by 7pm after the 5K. Oh well, I knew I wouldn’t be much over 10 minutes so I stuck with the 7:55 heat. One thing I wish is that there was better pre-race communication. They did email the heats but there was no email about packet pick-up. I assumed since it was a smaller, local type race it would be fine to pick up your bib a few minutes before your heat as I would have to arrive after the event already started. My assumption was correct but it would have been nice to have been in the instructions. I also wish there was more specific information about parking. There seemed to be an assumption you would just know where the track was on camp and I kind of drove around and saw a bunch of cars parked and found it. Everything about the race was very relaxed and friendly. I went with the 7:55 heat which was women between 6 and 10 minutes. The course is just 4 laps around a track. Kind of boring but did bring back memories of high school track. As I expected I did not run under 10 minutes since my legs were a bit tired after the 5K but still finished around 11. Everyone very nice and encouraging despite being last in my heat. No swag except a finisher certificate. I also didn’t see any post-race food and I was starving. I would have liked to stay longer and watch the other events but it was a long night with the 2 races so I left shortly after my heat
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This is a Friday evening 1 mile race held on the track at a local college in Rochester. How the race works is runners are assigned waves based on age … MORE
This is a Friday evening 1 mile race held on the track at a local college in Rochester. How the race works is runners are assigned waves based on age (kids, open, masters), gender and time. I put my predicted time as 9 minutes as I didn’t think I’d be doing a 5K right before the race. At first I was sad that the Big Run was moved to Friday but then they sent an email with the wave starts and the women’s 6 to 10 minutes started at 7:55 which would time out perfectly after the 5K. The only catch was I didn’t think I could finish a mile under 10 minutes if I also ran a 5K but the over 10 minutes category started at 7 and I wouldn’t make it by 7pm after the 5K. Oh well, I knew I wouldn’t be much over 10 minutes so I stuck with the 7:55 heat. One thing I wish is that there was better pre-race communication. They did email the heats but there was no email about packet pick-up. I assumed since it was a smaller, local type race it would be fine to pick up your bib a few minutes before your heat as I would have to arrive after the event already started. My assumption was correct but it would have been nice to have been in the instructions. I also wish there was more specific information about parking. There seemed to be an assumption you would just know where the track was on camp and I kind of drove around and saw a bunch of cars parked and found it. Everything about the race was very relaxed and friendly. I went with the 7:55 heat which was women between 6 and 10 minutes. The course is just 4 laps around a track. Kind of boring but did bring back memories of high school track. As I expected I did not run under 10 minutes since my legs were a bit tired after the 5K but still finished around 11. Everyone very nice and encouraging despite being last in my heat. No swag except a finisher certificate. I also didn’t see any post-race food and I was starving. I would have liked to stay longer and watch the other events but it was a long night with the 2 races so I left shortly after my heat