Skyway 5K
St. Paul, MN
- 5K
- Synthetic
- Official race website
Run Where No One Has Run Before! (Literally. They don’t let people do this.) This is a first-of-its-kind race allowed inside the legendary St. Paul Skyway System, a climate-controlled maze where running is as welcomed as singing karaoke in a library. But for one glorious day, you can wind through … MORE
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Fun race!
Packet Pick Up: I did the pick up at Summit Brewery and was in and out in 5 minutes. Race day pick up was insane. The line was super long … MORE
Packet Pick Up: I did the pick up at Summit Brewery and was in and out in 5 minutes. Race day pick up was insane. The line was super long the entire time and there were still people in line when the race started. Regardless of whether you picked up before or day off the race everyone had to get an ankle timer and return it when done and you had to stand in a different line for that. So no chips on the bibs.
Staging: There were 6 staging areas and the race was self-seeded. Signs were not time based but had a description of how you planned to run (ie: Power Walker-here for a good time not a fast time). The staging area was very cramped and it would have been nice to see it spread out more with actual roped off lines to stand in. All the lines for various things sort of morphed together.
Bathrooms: Only one set of bathrooms was open. The far bathrooms were locked. Not sure if the depot bathrooms downstairs were open.
Race: Race itself was a TON of fun! There were lots of twists, turns, and U turns, and lots and lots of stairs. The halls were broken into 2 lanes and it was fun seeing people run towards you and to wave at friends. The coolest part was to see people running on multiple levels at the same time. The skyway system is well heated so if they do it again next year I’ll wear shorts. Timing watches were not coming out very accurately due to lack of GPS signal. I knew the course was not 5K based on my time. I wasn’t necessarily bothered by that as I knew this was more of a fun run but would have been helpful to see a few mile marker flags on course.
Post Race: Crossing the finish line there were no medals. It would have been fun to have a medal.
There was a jumble of lines between people trying to get their coats and trying to get snacks. This is where spreading things out would have been helpful. The coat check was INSANE. It took about 45 minutes to get our stuff. There was no organized line and I’m not even sure if things were put on the coat racks by numerical order. Some people were just fending for themselves and getting their own stuff. Some people brought huge duffle bags.
Overall: The race itself was really fun and for this reason I will certainly come back next year if offered. The first year for any race is sorting out issues for future years. Huge thanks to all the volunteers out there!