This summer, I’m running four 5ks for the Women’s Distance Festival.\u00a0 This was my second, and definitely the biggest.<\/p>\n
Running in Baltimore is always a lot of fun.\u00a0 It’s a beautiful area, and this race finishes along the harbor, which is gorgeous (and also fun to threaten to shove your running partner into the water). And this race is HUGE!\u00a0 It had a bigger post-race expo than most of the half-marathons I run.\u00a0 Of course, size has good and bad elements.<\/p>\n
First off, this race is known for having a great goody bag.\u00a0 Personally, I wasn’t hugely impressed.\u00a0 Sure, it’s more than most races do, but… eh.\u00a0 The race swag included a shirt, a reusable shopping bag (of which I have too many) and in the bag were a few different samples from companies.\u00a0 Definitely things I will use, but nothing to write home about.<\/p>\n
One great thing about the race is that it’s newbie friendly.\u00a0 Lots of first timers out there.\u00a0 Lots of people out there who really don’t know race etiquette either.\u00a0 (I should do a post about race etiquette for first-timers.\u00a0 They don’t make me angry because they’re not intentionally breaking etiquette, they just don’t know better.\u00a0 But when I was a newbie, I would have liked to know these things.)<\/p>\n
The crowds and the walkers who started too far up meant that we ended up just walking most of the race.\u00a0 That was fun though – I ended up walking a lot of it with a friend’s young daughter.\u00a0 She was exhausted from swimming the entire day before, so this was a struggle for her, but she got through it.\u00a0 And like with my recent 10k, it’s always fun to help another person get through the race.<\/p>\n
Will I do this race again?\u00a0 If I’m doing the WDF, then yes.\u00a0 It’s a good way to get in another 5K and a lot of my friends come out for it.\u00a0 It’s a pretty course and it’s fun to see new runners finish their first races.\u00a0 But I just have to remember that this race wasn’t built for speed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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