Human Race Recap
One thing I enjoy doing when I start preparing for a race, whether it be preparing to sign up for a race or to keep the motivation up for the training, is to read the race experiences of other people. I scour the web for race recaps and blog posts. I don't usually research shorter races but I think it will be fun to keep a journal of the races I have run. On Saturday I ran the Human Race 5k in Fort Collins, CO. The tagline of the event is "Man vs Machine" so the Fort Collins Municipal Railway gets out one of the old trollies and drives it up and down Mountain Avenue. If you run the 5k faster than the trolley then you win a commemorative t shirt. I want one. The race starts on Mountain Avenue and runs west approximately 1.5 miles before you turn around and return to the finish which is just a tad further than the start on Howes Avenue. Probably about 0.1 miles further :) Not only is the course shaded by the big, gorgeous trees that line Mount...