Peace Love Run Half Marathon – Sacramento
Sacramento, CA
- Half Marathon, 10K, 5K
- Road (Paved)
- Official race website
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Groovy Event
The Expo area was in a nice and big grassy area. There were plenty of portable toilets. This race is a Wiz event; but, the route is often used for … MORE
The Expo area was in a nice and big grassy area. There were plenty of portable toilets. This race is a Wiz event; but, the route is often used for runs put on by other organizers. The route began with an incline that you descended just before crossing the finish. The best part about the race is the participants’ 70’s-themed outfits. Some runners really went all out!
It's pretty but I am LOST!
This is one of the races that I least recommended based on experience. If you are competitive runner, forget about this race and find something else. Beautiful Scenery: You get … MORE
This is one of the races that I least recommended based on experience. If you are competitive runner, forget about this race and find something else.
Beautiful Scenery:
You get to run on the Tower Bridge in downtown Sacramento and along American River.
Poor production:
Considering the presumption that a race held at the state capital should be well-organized, this race simply proves the opposite. Volunteers and the cops have no idea where the course is. All top runners got lost at the first turnaround point at mile 3. Volunteer left the turnaround sign on the ground instead of propping it up for runners to see. The annoying thing is that I ran by the volunteers and asked about the direction, they had no clue where the turnaround should have been, so we ran an extra half mile only to find out we ran too far. At the second turnaround point, the sign is up, but at a very confusing location. Runners were to double back a single lane trail, which means you are running into oncoming runners. Then there’s the train track which I had to stop. They tried to track it by jotting down your bib number, but how do they know how long each person were waiting at the track when there is no chip scanner to be found in the area? Finally, you are supposed to run past the finish line and continue another quarter mile and turnaround to cross the finish line. But there’s no volunteer or sign directing the runners. I ended up cutting the race short there because a cop at the intersection told me it was OK to run to the finish line without the last bit of turnaround. The bottom line is that I have never ran a more confusing course than this race in my life.
Despite the official record says I am first, I told the race director I should have been second because of all the confusions with the course. I was all tensed up and started to slow down during the second half of my race because of all the confusion. I could not accept the official record as my personal best. (In fact, the race director tried to compensate the time lost due to the train track waiting and people running extra distance due to being lost. But honestly, I do not trust that result at all.)
In the end I have received an additional cotton race T-shirt and a Target gift card for running “second place” as I insisted. But there’s no Top 3 winner medals, even though age group winners got theirs. (Now I’m bummed.)