If you have lived anywhere near Chicagoland, you know that April is the rainy season of the midwest. Despite my better judgement, I signed up anyway. I paid the extra … MORE
If you have lived anywhere near Chicagoland, you know that April is the rainy season of the midwest. Despite my better judgement, I signed up anyway. I paid the extra $30 for the same-day VIP packet pick up. I have never felt as ripped-off as I did that morning. The pick up tent was unorganized & slow, the bag check was self-serve, despite the fact there were a couple of volunteers assigned to bag check. I understand that hosting the run “rain or shine” is to cut overhead, but there is a difference between running in 70 degree weather with occasional showers and 40 degree weather with constant precipitation. The race coordinators should have rescheduled the race. They didn’t. I gave it a try, outfitted in rain gear. I will never sign up for this again. Cold, wet & miserable was the theme of this race. The majority of the route was set in residential neighbor hoods with more-than-occasional vehicles to watch out for. The one bright point is that I got one of my better times, due to the unpleasant conditions (We’re cold & wet. RUN FASTER!). To finish up, the medal was decent, but not worth the discomfort. The Chicagoland Divas run: terrible. Never signing up for it again.
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If you have lived anywhere near Chicagoland, you know that April is the rainy season of the midwest. Despite my better judgement, I signed up anyway. I paid the extra … MORE
If you have lived anywhere near Chicagoland, you know that April is the rainy season of the midwest. Despite my better judgement, I signed up anyway. I paid the extra $30 for the same-day VIP packet pick up. I have never felt as ripped-off as I did that morning. The pick up tent was unorganized & slow, the bag check was self-serve, despite the fact there were a couple of volunteers assigned to bag check. I understand that hosting the run “rain or shine” is to cut overhead, but there is a difference between running in 70 degree weather with occasional showers and 40 degree weather with constant precipitation. The race coordinators should have rescheduled the race. They didn’t. I gave it a try, outfitted in rain gear. I will never sign up for this again. Cold, wet & miserable was the theme of this race. The majority of the route was set in residential neighbor hoods with more-than-occasional vehicles to watch out for. The one bright point is that I got one of my better times, due to the unpleasant conditions (We’re cold & wet. RUN FASTER!). To finish up, the medal was decent, but not worth the discomfort. The Chicagoland Divas run: terrible. Never signing up for it again.