Durant Dusk Hustle

Durant Dusk Hustle

Durant Dusk Hustle

( 2 reviews )
100% of reviewers recommend this race
  • Durant ,
    Iowa,
    United States
  • August
  • 3 miles/5K
  • Road Race
  • Event Website

Angie Maske-Berka

Iowa, United States
177 212
2015
"small town 5k"
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Angie Maske-Berka's thoughts:

Friday August 14, 2015. 7pm, Durant, Iowa. 85 degrees, humid, sunny.

A kids fun run, one mile run and 5k held with the community's firefighter's celebration to fundraise for the Durant Cross Country team.

Registration: You could sign up online, print a form and send it in, or register on race day. Price increased until it reached $30 on the day of the race. Included with your registration was a unisex, short sleeve, cotton t-shirt, and a bib. If you registered early you also picked up a bag of flyers and things.

Pre-Race: There is no expo for a race this size, about 100-150 participants. Usually runners mill about talking to their friends, or do some warming up. The start / finish are near the town's rec fields and park. There were real park bathrooms near by. Parking was plentiful, just pull along the curb on a side street.

The National Anthem was performed. However the guy starting the 5k kept screeching 4 mins until start, 3 mins until start...while the singer was performing about a block away, racers were scrambling to the start. Not cool

Race / Course: The course was through residential areas of Durant. Kept on the north side of town, so wouldn't have to cross the main Highway (Hwy 6) through town.

asphalt, cement - keep an eye out for uneven surfaces. HOT surface.
2 water stops with paper cups, but very full cups
a few spectators, residents in their driveways, some holding a hose or a sprinkler
Course marked with spray paint on pavement, arrows and mile markers
no photographers
flat, no hills
volunteers at all intersections
roads were open to traffic - some drivers didn't seem to care there was a race in progress

Finish / post race: The finish was marked with a timing mat and clock. Then someone clipped the chip from your shoe. There were bananas, cookies, popsicles and bottled water. Volunteers encouraged taking more than one.

Once all participants were finished, there were awards for the overall winners in the mile and then overall winners in the 5k as well as age group winners. Members of the XC team presented these.

Overall: This is not a bucket list race, but I enjoy a small town 5k.

For pictures and my personal experience, check out https://marathang.wordpress.com/2015/08/18/durant-dusk-hustle-5k-review-2015/

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