After hearing about this race from neighbors, I applied to run in the Army Ten Miler this year. I'm glad I did because it is a very well-run race with amazing scenery of Washington, D.C. You start and finish in the lots that adjoin the Pentagon and the race makes its way through the National Mall and back into Virginia again. There is a slight rise around Mile 3 but everything else is pretty flat. The starting waves seemed to be efficiently run and because it's run by the Army, there is a lot of security at the expo, the staging/finish areas and of course, along the course.

Expo this year was at the Armory, it was convenient to get to on the Metro blue line. There was a long line to get in because of bag checks but it went quickly. Inside it was pretty convenient to get your bib and T-shirt.

This year because of the humid conditions they cut the course about two hours after the race started and later waves had about a mile of the course removed. There were plenty of personnel to aid runners and I saw three runners receiving aid on the course.

Unlike other races in which finishers receive race medals, this race keeps with the Army's tradition of challenge coins, so finishers received a pentagon-shaped finisher's coin that was nice to get.

One drawback is that it is a fall race, it can be humid and fall of course is when other large races like the Chicago Marathon are held. But it's definitely a run I will consider in the future!