Wooohooo! Race Number 10!! Here we are!
This race, the Save the Trail 5K, wasn't on our radar originally, but I got an email from a listserve and figured, why not? We were around for Memorial Day weekend and it seemed like a great way to celebrate the weekend.
I'm not much of a 5K person, but we decided to give it a try.
The race took place in Bethesda, as an awareness race for the building of the Purple line along one of the popular biking/trails in the area, the Capital Crescent Trail.
The race was an out and back course, on the packed crushed stone trail, with a short stint through the adjacent neighborhood.
One of the things Mark and I both really liked about it was that it wasn't a super crowded, jazzed up, top ten in the nation race.
In fact, I didn't even have to wait in line for the porta potty! That's how low key it was!
But for as low key as it was, it was well done. The race was organized well, ran smoothly, and was very official without being overwhelming.
It was starting to inch toward the warmer side. And I have clearly have issues with eating before a 5K. I chose not eat before we left the house, but we were at the race about 45 minutes before it started and I found myself getting hungrier and hungrier. Simultaneously, they were setting up the post race food area. Mark kindly asked the woman for a half of a bagel for the two of us to split and we did. The bagel, however, did not agree with me as I ran and I was regretting my consumption of the bagel within the first mile.
(Can you find each of us crossing the start line in the two photographs above?)Overall, it was a most excellent choice for my 10th run.
It was fun and I am extremely impressed with the race photography. Any of the pics of us running or of the pre-race scene that doesn't have Mark or I in it were taken by the photographers there and uploaded to the site, FREE for us to download. :)
98 15/29 164 Mark Hannum M 34 Washington DC 24:01 24:07 7:46
99 6/36 163 Amy Trenkle F 34 Washington DC 24:01 24:08 7:46
This was a fun race. Only the second 5K I have run - they do fit my sprinter mentality a bit better, but I just don't have the get-up-and-go to run quickly. I think I liked this one most for the small crowds. You (and me) have run some really big races this year. Its nice to do a smaller more laid back one.
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