This is an all women's 5K that takes place on mother's day that is located outside Ithaca. It is a bit of a drive for a 5K but I had … MORE
This is an all women’s 5K that takes place on mother’s day that is located outside Ithaca. It is a bit of a drive for a 5K but I had lunch plans in Ithaca and the 10am start worked perfectly. It is produced by Finger Lakes Running Club. There were no major production issues but there could have been better pre-race communication. No email or anything and pretty limited info on website. It starts at a park right by the rail trail. Parking was pretty easy. Bib pick up is just the day of the race. There is no swag except a generic FLRC cowbell at the end but there is only a $20 registration fee so not a big deal. Packet pick-up was easy. I was annoyed to see a big sign that said headphones were prohibited. I don’t function well without music and I spent about 5 to 10 minutes searching for my headphones before I left since I misplaced them after yesterday’s race and it would have been nice to know before. I checked and it was not on race website. Oh well. It was a short race I would survive without music. This was manually timed and had the same start/finish. It’s a small race with about 100 participants. One of the RD gave race announcements at the start but I couldn’t really hear it. A pre-race email or loudspeaker would have been helpful. The course was very easy though just an out and back on a beautiful rail trail. It was a well-groomed trail but there were a few rocks so you have to be a bit careful. I knew I was going to have a slow race since I did a half yesterday so I took it easy and soaked in the scenery and did more of a training pace than race pace. It was unclear what side runners were supposed to be on. I assumed right and the first runners to come back were on their right but then the next pack was on the left and we moved over but that appeared to be incorrect based on arrows of turn around and again on the way back one pack of walkers was on the left and one on the right. Not a huge deal but again pre-race communication could have cleared it up. The distance was accurate and timing accurate. And as I said the course was gorgeous with forest and lake scenery and it was a nice run. There were some snacks at the end such as granola bars, oranges and mini muffins. It was a pretty and pleasant 5K course and it was nice to participate in an all women event. I do think organization and communication could have been better though no major issues.
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This is an all women's 5K that takes place on mother's day that is located outside Ithaca. It is a bit of a drive for a 5K but I had … MORE
This is an all women’s 5K that takes place on mother’s day that is located outside Ithaca. It is a bit of a drive for a 5K but I had lunch plans in Ithaca and the 10am start worked perfectly. It is produced by Finger Lakes Running Club. There were no major production issues but there could have been better pre-race communication. No email or anything and pretty limited info on website. It starts at a park right by the rail trail. Parking was pretty easy. Bib pick up is just the day of the race. There is no swag except a generic FLRC cowbell at the end but there is only a $20 registration fee so not a big deal. Packet pick-up was easy. I was annoyed to see a big sign that said headphones were prohibited. I don’t function well without music and I spent about 5 to 10 minutes searching for my headphones before I left since I misplaced them after yesterday’s race and it would have been nice to know before. I checked and it was not on race website. Oh well. It was a short race I would survive without music. This was manually timed and had the same start/finish. It’s a small race with about 100 participants. One of the RD gave race announcements at the start but I couldn’t really hear it. A pre-race email or loudspeaker would have been helpful. The course was very easy though just an out and back on a beautiful rail trail. It was a well-groomed trail but there were a few rocks so you have to be a bit careful. I knew I was going to have a slow race since I did a half yesterday so I took it easy and soaked in the scenery and did more of a training pace than race pace. It was unclear what side runners were supposed to be on. I assumed right and the first runners to come back were on their right but then the next pack was on the left and we moved over but that appeared to be incorrect based on arrows of turn around and again on the way back one pack of walkers was on the left and one on the right. Not a huge deal but again pre-race communication could have cleared it up. The distance was accurate and timing accurate. And as I said the course was gorgeous with forest and lake scenery and it was a nice run. There were some snacks at the end such as granola bars, oranges and mini muffins. It was a pretty and pleasant 5K course and it was nice to participate in an all women event. I do think organization and communication could have been better though no major issues.