This route was fortunately the best of the three 10k routes used at English Landing Park. Modified out and back with the turnaround around 4.1 miles. This is a flat … MORE
This route was fortunately the best of the three 10k routes used at English Landing Park. Modified out and back with the turnaround around 4.1 miles. This is a flat course on pea gravel which is nicely packed after the first 1.5-2 miles. For me this course runs slow, but it may be because it’s my go-to course for virtuals, so I see it a lot.
The shirt was a nice soft long-sleeved T and the medal was nicely designed and hefty. Honestly it’s on par with some of the half marathon medals I’ve got. The 5 and 10k got the same medal, which I know that bothers some people, so take that for what it’s worth, but I thought the production was minimal but not lacking at all. Handful of water points out there, no GU or food at the end. None of this bothered me because this is a traditionally minimal race (other than the great swag), but know what you’re getting into. The scenery is nice, with most of it being a stone’s throw from the river, and the light misty rain we had going on the whole time gave it a nice autumn feel (finally). The race ends a block or two from Downtown Parkville, which was named best small town a short while back. Lots of places to stop and get coffee or food afterwards.
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Nice, dependable and great swag
This route was fortunately the best of the three 10k routes used at English Landing Park. Modified out and back with the turnaround around 4.1 miles. This is a flat … MORE
This route was fortunately the best of the three 10k routes used at English Landing Park. Modified out and back with the turnaround around 4.1 miles. This is a flat course on pea gravel which is nicely packed after the first 1.5-2 miles. For me this course runs slow, but it may be because it’s my go-to course for virtuals, so I see it a lot.
The shirt was a nice soft long-sleeved T and the medal was nicely designed and hefty. Honestly it’s on par with some of the half marathon medals I’ve got. The 5 and 10k got the same medal, which I know that bothers some people, so take that for what it’s worth, but I thought the production was minimal but not lacking at all. Handful of water points out there, no GU or food at the end. None of this bothered me because this is a traditionally minimal race (other than the great swag), but know what you’re getting into. The scenery is nice, with most of it being a stone’s throw from the river, and the light misty rain we had going on the whole time gave it a nice autumn feel (finally). The race ends a block or two from Downtown Parkville, which was named best small town a short while back. Lots of places to stop and get coffee or food afterwards.
Modified out-and-back by the river.
This was the first year they added a 10k, but I've done the 5ks any prior year I was in town for. For anyone who routinely does English Landing Park, … MORE
This was the first year they added a 10k, but I’ve done the 5ks any prior year I was in town for. For anyone who routinely does English Landing Park, I think this race is the best of the three major routes for 10k. There’s the double loop (yech), the out and back that turns around right before the little footbridge (something to be said for symmetry) and this modified out and back, where the turnaround is around mile 4 then you take a shortcut back. I didn’t care for it the first time because I like my turnaround points being symmetrical normally, but this means you only have to do the boring part of the course once. That’s also the loosest packed gravel so less sliding and less loss of speed.
The races are always nice down there, and it’s a pretty flat course for the first 5k, then there’s a slight slope down to the turnaround point and back. It should be a fast course, though I’ve never actually PR’ed there. I suspect part of that may be to familiarity because I’ve done that route so many times (it’s my default virtual route if I’m not doing an actual site nearby).