I ran my first run of 2012 and it couldn't have had a more pleasant morning. The Run, Walk and Roll race http://www.runwalkrollaz.com offers both chair races and running/walking at 5k and 10k. I ran the 10k. The Tempe Beach park area is a great place for a run and I've been there before.
Although this was a pretty small race, they still had a decent "swag" bag that is one of those reusable grocery bags with some miscellaneous stuff in it. I not a huge fan of green but the T-shirt was decent, see the picture. I haven't seen a small race in quite some time that had vendor tents and even though there weren't a bunch of them it was nice.
I've run a 10k at Tempe Town Lake before and it was a 5k run twice, I was very pleasantly surprised that it was not the case today. I had a chance to run in parts of the park I had not run in before. The path that wraps around the park in not very wide maybe 10 or 12 feet, this was not a problem as far as I could tell but I tend to not be in larger clumps of runners. The honorary starters were both former cast members of the Biggest Loser, I'm terrible with names but I did recognize the young lady from one of the seasons I watched (Ally or Abby or something like that). They both spoke and it seemed they were associated with the charity the race was for in some way, she indicated this wasn't her first year at the race.
My only negative about the race would be that the age groups were in ten year increments and being a 39 year old who finished fourth to two 33 and a 31 year old, it would have been nice to win something, but smaller races tend to not have five year age groups, especially if they have multiple races to award.
The 5k started fifteen minutes after the 10k so hopefully the two races didn't run into each other. The finish line was shared, but the two races only joined each other with a few meters to go, so it's unlikely runners from the two races interfered with one another.
My overall grade would be an A. I suspect the turnout is not too large with the Rock and Roll races next weekend and other races in the valley this weekend (I'll be posting again tomorrow!), however this was a nice course and well organized. I would definitely suggest it for both those new to running or those who have been running for a long time.
Although this was a pretty small race, they still had a decent "swag" bag that is one of those reusable grocery bags with some miscellaneous stuff in it. I not a huge fan of green but the T-shirt was decent, see the picture. I haven't seen a small race in quite some time that had vendor tents and even though there weren't a bunch of them it was nice.
I've run a 10k at Tempe Town Lake before and it was a 5k run twice, I was very pleasantly surprised that it was not the case today. I had a chance to run in parts of the park I had not run in before. The path that wraps around the park in not very wide maybe 10 or 12 feet, this was not a problem as far as I could tell but I tend to not be in larger clumps of runners. The honorary starters were both former cast members of the Biggest Loser, I'm terrible with names but I did recognize the young lady from one of the seasons I watched (Ally or Abby or something like that). They both spoke and it seemed they were associated with the charity the race was for in some way, she indicated this wasn't her first year at the race.
My only negative about the race would be that the age groups were in ten year increments and being a 39 year old who finished fourth to two 33 and a 31 year old, it would have been nice to win something, but smaller races tend to not have five year age groups, especially if they have multiple races to award.
The 5k started fifteen minutes after the 10k so hopefully the two races didn't run into each other. The finish line was shared, but the two races only joined each other with a few meters to go, so it's unlikely runners from the two races interfered with one another.
My overall grade would be an A. I suspect the turnout is not too large with the Rock and Roll races next weekend and other races in the valley this weekend (I'll be posting again tomorrow!), however this was a nice course and well organized. I would definitely suggest it for both those new to running or those who have been running for a long time.
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