I ran 1:35 as well and will be doing the DSM full. Have you ran a full before? What's your goal time/pace?
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I ran 1:35 as well and will be doing the DSM full. Have you ran a full before? What's your goal time/pace?
They should consider only giving free beer to people with race bibs, not the guy in jeans and cowboy boots that was in front of me in line...
Anybody else run the Exile 10k? Kind of a cluster asterisks.
Buses dropped off at McHenry Park. We wondered towards 4 volunteers who were trying to call into Exile to figure out where the starting line is. Eventually we all start moving down Oak Park. We get a couple of miles and start to realize that there isn't a volunteer leading the herd. A couple of officers show up to block roads off, but we're still unsure of where we're starting so we hang out at an intersection.
The girls start knocking at this older couple's door asking to use the restroom. We're told that somebody is coming from Exile to direct us to start. We wait past the 3:00 start time. Eventually enough tricklers start to take off on run that causes the whole pack to take off. Course had good police/traffic coverage and volunteers though.
...And when I did cross the finish line my Garmin read 5.6 miles.
Buses dropped off at McHenry Park. We wondered towards 4 volunteers who were trying to call into Exile to figure out where the starting line is. Eventually we all start moving down Oak Park. We get a couple of miles and start to realize that there isn't a volunteer leading the herd. A couple of officers show up to block roads off, but we're still unsure of where we're starting so we hang out at an intersection.
The girls start knocking at this older couple's door asking to use the restroom. We're told that somebody is coming from Exile to direct us to start. We wait past the 3:00 start time. Eventually enough tricklers start to take off on run that causes the whole pack to take off. Course had good police/traffic coverage and volunteers though.
...And when I did cross the finish line my Garmin read 5.6 miles.
Yes. The race part of this was a disaster. Bibs and names that don't line up, poor bus plan, no start line, no gun start, and a course that measured way short.
I assume those groups that left in advance simply had a head start since everything is gun time. And that is really disappointing because I can't tell how well I really did. How many of those that crossed ahead of me simply left early?
The party portion of the race wasn't bad and might have been much better except for the rain.
Improvements needed:
-A RACE director!!!!
-More buses with a separate pick-up spot for EACH race; not one line!!!!
-No day-of-race packet pick-up. Just have the day before only.
-Measure the course!!! 6.2 shouldn't be 5.7.
-Have a start line and a start carpet!!! If you cross the carpet early, your time has started.
-A start line coordinator at the start of each race. Someone needs to be THE authority as each site. The person at the start of the 10K was a volunteer than knew nothing.
This was year one, so I'll cut them a break. Hopefully, they improve and make this a fun attraction.