Race: Corey's Catsup & Mustard 5K Run & Charity Walk
Date: August 16, 2014
Location: Manchester, CT
Official Time: 24:28
Official Lap: 7:53
Place: 126 / 528
Race Stats
Speed: ★ ★ ★ (decently fast)
Hills: ★ ★ ★ ★ (very hilly)
Crowd: ★ ★ (not crowded at all)
Party: ★ ★ ★ ★ (rocking!)
T-Shirt: ★ ★ ★ ★ (creative and cool)
Seriously, this is a great idea. Put together a 5K race right outside an awesome burger restaurant and have it start at 6 PM. Who wouldn't want to run this thing?
This was a great race. Check out the page dedicated just to the race, Catsup and Mustard 5K. The kids had a blast with the charity walk, and always love getting freebees like face painting and T-shirts. There was a good showing over almost 600 runners. And we started right on time.
The race itself was a lot of fun, winding past the highway and then into some of the quiet neighborhoods of Manchester before ending up back on Main Street. There were 2 killer hills along the way, and I was super happy that I have been training on hills these past few weeks!
My time was even better than I could have hoped for. I ran a few 5K's early in the season, before falling off in the spring. Lately, I have been running so much half-marathon pace in my training that I wasn't sure how I would do with a 5K. I set a pretty good 8:00 minute mile pace early on, and pretty much was able to stick to it. Certainly the hills knocked me off a little, but I kept it all together to finish with a 7:53 minute mile overall. Very psyched.
The block party afterward was great. Awesome burgers that the kids ate up, and I got to drink their beers, as that wasn't happening. We tried to see about eating at the burger restaurant, but reservations were 45 minutes. Lesson learned, next year we'll put in reservations BEFORE we settle into the block party.
I highly recommend this 5K. They don't get much better than this one!