Irish Clover 5 Mile Road Race
Dracut, MA
- 5 Miler
- Road (Paved)
- Official race website
Eager to kick-start your spring racing season? The Wild Rover Series offers the perfect opportunity—three Irish-themed races held on consecutive Sundays. This series makes getting fit for spring a breeze with its straightforward 3-4-5 format. The Irish Clover is the third in the series. Don’t miss out on the fun—lace … MORE
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A Medal for a 5 Miler in New England!
This race is part of the Wild Rover Series which are 3 races one week apart in various cities in the Merrimack Valley in Northern MA close to the NH … MORE
This race is part of the Wild Rover Series which are 3 races one week apart in various cities in the Merrimack Valley in Northern MA close to the NH border. This was my first time doing this race but I did another race in the series a couple years ago. The races start at 11am and are essentially in between my work in Boston and where I live so perfect for when I’m on call. They are good races but I travel too much to do the series. There was good pre race communication. I was a bit nervous as I got out of work a bit later than I expected so arrived about 20 minutes before the race and wasn’t sure how parking would be as these races are popular. But parking was in various lots mostly in business closed on the weekend such as banks. There was a parking attendant and it was easy peasy though coming later I was parked about a 5 minute walk from the start/finish no big deal but I did not have time to come back to my car to drop off the swag. I had enough time to pick up the bib which was assigned before hand, pick up race shirt (a fine non-tech T-shirt) and use porta potty and line up about 5 minutes before the race so everything was quite efficient. The start was a little tight and could be more organized by pace but people in New England “get it” a lot more than people in let’s say Florida and everyone lined up pretty well on their own by pace. I stood in the mid-back knowing I was going to take it easy as I was still recovering from my marathon the week before. The races starts/finishes at a restaurant and is a loop through the town. Scenery is a mixed bag. Some areas are more commercialized and others are more quaint New England neighborhoods. It was a beautiful day with warm weather and I was a bit hot as I wore the race shirt but their was still lots of snow on the ground which always makes the course prettier. Production was mostly very good. The course was well marked, there were mile markers and a water station in the middle of it. The only thing I didn’t like is it was on open roads. It was coned off and the police and course marshals were very proactive and even stopped a car from turning so it felt as safe as possible for an open course on a few fairly busy roads but after the incident in Florida at the Florida Half in Melbourne I am even more nervous on open roads. The course was fairly hilly. Nothing terrible. Typical of New England. My finishing time was as expected. I walked a lot of hills and didn’t overdo it as I was still a bit sore from last week. Race is very back of pack friendly and there were lots of participants at my pace and lots behind me. You get a nice medal at the end which almost never happens in New England races shorter than a half marathon. There is also a nice pasta lunch. Most of the pasta had meat but they had a separate labeled vegetarian one. There was pasta, salad and bread and enough for lunch which was great as I had plans in the afternoon and not much time for lunch. Overall this was a fun, back of the pack friendly, local race with nice swag but I wish it wasn’t on open roads. Would do this race again or another one in the series if I happen to be in town the weekend of the race.