Wasn't timed. Was supposed to be for fun but was more of an exercise with only personal benefit. Best part of the whole race was using a portion of the … MORE
Wasn’t timed. Was supposed to be for fun but was more of an exercise with only personal benefit. Best part of the whole race was using a portion of the Allegheny River Valley Trail. Race started late, causing people to wait around. Volunteer tried to keep participants engaged by mingling with them and having them sing Karaoke with lyrics and music coming from her cell phone. Course was paved and mostly flat along the river. Chem lights used to mark the trail. Existing mile markers related to the starting point of actual trail head and did not apply to the race. No visible mile markers placed for race itself. Not a full 5K according to my Garmin. Communication, or lack there of, was poor. Race coordinator used separate posters, one offering a race shirt, the second not and that one was used in most on-line, website or posted communications. Therefore, only early birds got shirts and nobody else. Communications issues were blamed on the participants who were expected to go to the Y and read the kiosks. No effort was made to match remaining shirts to those who didn’t receive one or to sell them to anyone interested. Instead, the shirts were later given out to non-race participants to use for Y workouts.
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Wasn't timed. Was supposed to be for fun but was more of an exercise with only personal benefit. Best part of the whole race was using a portion of the … MORE
Wasn’t timed. Was supposed to be for fun but was more of an exercise with only personal benefit. Best part of the whole race was using a portion of the Allegheny River Valley Trail. Race started late, causing people to wait around. Volunteer tried to keep participants engaged by mingling with them and having them sing Karaoke with lyrics and music coming from her cell phone. Course was paved and mostly flat along the river. Chem lights used to mark the trail. Existing mile markers related to the starting point of actual trail head and did not apply to the race. No visible mile markers placed for race itself. Not a full 5K according to my Garmin. Communication, or lack there of, was poor. Race coordinator used separate posters, one offering a race shirt, the second not and that one was used in most on-line, website or posted communications. Therefore, only early birds got shirts and nobody else. Communications issues were blamed on the participants who were expected to go to the Y and read the kiosks. No effort was made to match remaining shirts to those who didn’t receive one or to sell them to anyone interested. Instead, the shirts were later given out to non-race participants to use for Y workouts.