Race: New Haven Road Race 5K

Date: September 1, 2014

Location: New Haven, CT

Official Time: 26:44

Official Lap: 8:37

Place: 836 / 3191

Race Stats

Speed: ★ ★ (deadly error at the start this year)

Hills: ★ .5 (if there was a hill I missed it)

Crowd: ★ ★ ★ ★ (fairly crowded)

Party: ★ ★ ★ ★ (rocking!)

T-Shirt: ★ ★ ★ ★ (creative and cool)

This is my second year running the New Haven Road Race 5K, and I love it. It is a great flat race with a bunch of bands along the way, and a really great after party. This year was pretty hot, and fairly muggy. Even with that, there was a record showing.

Check out my web page dedicated to the New Haven Road Race for all of the details. They did manage to sneak in a little snafu this year attempting to make the start better. The thought was that splitting up he men and women would allow us to get into a running pace faster. Unfortunately, the men's start ran right into the finish gates after 100 yard of running, and the bottleneck here killed any hopes of a personal best.

Once we got going, the very flat course was quite forgiving as usual. The bands were great, and lots of folks turned out to cheer the runners on. The after party was a blast with free beers, and delicious garlic ciabatta bread - love it!

I'll be back next year. Let's hope they find a little more creative way to get this race started!!