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Holy hills, Batman!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Okay, so the hills weren’t a surprise.\u00a0 I don’t know that the elevation chart was ever made public, but anyone who knows the area knew it would be a hilly race.\u00a0 I just didn’t think about how giant some of the hills were going to be.\u00a0 We didn’t even attempt to run up them, just walked as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n

But let’s go back to the beginning.\u00a0 This was an inaugural race, though a race being put on by a very well organized group.\u00a0 So I expected some hiccups, but in general, things went pretty smoothly.<\/p>\n

Packet pickup was easy, but one frustrating part was that we were told that all packets had to be picked up in person – no one could pick up a packet for someone else.\u00a0 At the pickup, we all had to have wristbands put on our wrists so that we could prove no one was running with someone else’s bibs.\u00a0 However, when I showed up, there was someone picking up 14 bibs!\u00a0 (This may have been a charity deal, I suppose.)\u00a0 And the lovely pink wristbands?\u00a0 They were never checked.\u00a0 Mine didn’t bother me, but I know some people found them very irritating.<\/p>\n

Race morning, the parking was plentiful, but the porta-potties were not.\u00a0\u00a0 Lines were long and not very organized, though everyone was quite polite.\u00a0 One complaint I saw was that there was only one potty stop on the course for those who missed the stop at the beginning.\u00a0 Again, no problem for me, but I can’t imagine having to try to find a place to “go.”\u00a0 I’m sure this will be fixed next year.<\/p>\n

The race itself was nice – pretty course, but hilly.\u00a0 There were some spots where I felt like we were shoved off to one little side of the road with cars passing by way too close and way too fast.\u00a0 It would have been nice to have the whole lane in which to run.\u00a0 It was to the point where we could basically run single file and that was it.\u00a0 Not ideal in a race situation.<\/p>\n

The finish line was tiny, but there was a nice little finisher’s village with food and drink.\u00a0 The medals are pretty and we got a sterling silver bracelet as well to celebrate this inaugural race.<\/p>\n

Will I be back?\u00a0 I don’t know.\u00a0 I didn’t dislike the race and can’t really complain about it, but it’s a hilly course during a time of year where there are a lot of races.\u00a0 This might get skipped next year (unless they do the Titanium Girl bonus bling with Frederick again – that will get me here in a heartbeat).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Holy hills, Batman! 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