I was fortunate enough to accidentally stumble onto this Back-of-the-Pack podcast created race because it was also the middle race of the Heartland 30k challenge. In all honesty I was … MORE
I was fortunate enough to accidentally stumble onto this Back-of-the-Pack podcast created race because it was also the middle race of the Heartland 30k challenge. In all honesty I was not trying that hard on this one because I was helping some other people keep their pace up, and I was super sore from the prior day’s Rugged Maniac. There was a small hiccup that the RD acknowledged because the portajohns were dropped off at the wrong corner of the parking lot, so a lot of people were getting their warm-up in just walking over there. There was a place where we came out of the woods later in the course and didn’t see anyone at that road crossing indicating which way we should go but we got lucky and picked the right way since 100 feet or so later we crested a hill and saw another police car blocking traffic. The race route was not the normal one in the office park but a vastly improved on, and finished with a nice straightaway though the arch. The medal was awesome and the swag was a branded beanie, which has since come in handy on multiple races and stays in the race bag in my car. Looking forward to doing this one when I’m not sore from the prior day, get my time back to the usual range. That this is part of the larger Heartland 30k Challenge (10k each Sunday for three weeks, including Plaza 10k and Boulevard 10k) makes it all the more reason to return, but even if you can’t do the whole challenge, check this one out and support a local celebrity give back to the community and to a worthy charity as well.
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I was fortunate enough to accidentally stumble onto this Back-of-the-Pack podcast created race because it was also the middle race of the Heartland 30k challenge. In all honesty I was … MORE
I was fortunate enough to accidentally stumble onto this Back-of-the-Pack podcast created race because it was also the middle race of the Heartland 30k challenge. In all honesty I was not trying that hard on this one because I was helping some other people keep their pace up, and I was super sore from the prior day’s Rugged Maniac. There was a small hiccup that the RD acknowledged because the portajohns were dropped off at the wrong corner of the parking lot, so a lot of people were getting their warm-up in just walking over there. There was a place where we came out of the woods later in the course and didn’t see anyone at that road crossing indicating which way we should go but we got lucky and picked the right way since 100 feet or so later we crested a hill and saw another police car blocking traffic. The race route was not the normal one in the office park but a vastly improved on, and finished with a nice straightaway though the arch. The medal was awesome and the swag was a branded beanie, which has since come in handy on multiple races and stays in the race bag in my car. Looking forward to doing this one when I’m not sore from the prior day, get my time back to the usual range. That this is part of the larger Heartland 30k Challenge (10k each Sunday for three weeks, including Plaza 10k and Boulevard 10k) makes it all the more reason to return, but even if you can’t do the whole challenge, check this one out and support a local celebrity give back to the community and to a worthy charity as well.