If you notice the times for 2023, they are so fast that it's due to the course being very short...like 0.30 of a mile short. The start time took forever, … MORE
If you notice the times for 2023, they are so fast that it’s due to the course being very short…like 0.30 of a mile short. The start time took forever, and the organizers decided to put people with strollers and those who’ll push people who are physically disabled in the front before everybody else. Obviously, I knew what was going to happen next. They made passing them difficult by the time we hit the River Walk which was already very narrow to begin with and full of non-participants. It’s not their fault, but it was just a bad idea from the get-go. By the time we hit the end of the “halfway mark,” it got so confusing that we were in a merry-go-around before going back to the River Walk (there was nobody to lead us on bike or whatever the entire time). At one point, there was supposed to be a slight diversion, but the volunteers didn’t do their job at all, skipping it. After the race was over, the host on the microphone kept babbling on and on and on and on (that took forever!), just like she did prior to the start, until finally the awards ceremony got underway. It’s the worst organized and most inept “5K” race I’ve ever seen in my life, and I’ve done hundreds of them.
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The Worst Organized Race I've Witnessed.
If you notice the times for 2023, they are so fast that it's due to the course being very short...like 0.30 of a mile short. The start time took forever, … MORE
If you notice the times for 2023, they are so fast that it’s due to the course being very short…like 0.30 of a mile short. The start time took forever, and the organizers decided to put people with strollers and those who’ll push people who are physically disabled in the front before everybody else. Obviously, I knew what was going to happen next. They made passing them difficult by the time we hit the River Walk which was already very narrow to begin with and full of non-participants. It’s not their fault, but it was just a bad idea from the get-go. By the time we hit the end of the “halfway mark,” it got so confusing that we were in a merry-go-around before going back to the River Walk (there was nobody to lead us on bike or whatever the entire time). At one point, there was supposed to be a slight diversion, but the volunteers didn’t do their job at all, skipping it. After the race was over, the host on the microphone kept babbling on and on and on and on (that took forever!), just like she did prior to the start, until finally the awards ceremony got underway. It’s the worst organized and most inept “5K” race I’ve ever seen in my life, and I’ve done hundreds of them.