This is a local low-frills 5k held mostly in a township park with proceeds benefiting a scholarship for a cross country runner from the local school. I've run this race in 2017 and 2018. In 2018, I finished 7th overall, winning the M30-39 age group.

Prior-to-race communication is entirely by email, no course map was provided. Advance packet pickup is on a Friday during the middle of the day (which I couldn't use), but the wait for packet pickup on raceday was very short. Parking is EXTREMELY convenient to packet pickup and the start/finish line. Early registrants get a free T-shirt (I got it in 2017, it was cotton, I opted not to get it in 2018 and missed the deadline for a free one anyway).

The course is pancake-flat, and they put up several small signs with inspirational and/or funny quotes (see the photo, it's one of my favorites). The course is partly in a township park (around 1.5 of the 3.1 miles), and uses some nearby low-traffic residential streets that are not closed to traffic. The course is monitored by the local police on the residential streets, and by the local high school XC team in others, and the aid station (which I didn't use) is operated by a local church - it seems that it would be accessible at both 1.0 miles and 1.64 miles. There is a short stretch of the course (from ~2.81 to ~2.88) that is narrow and two-way and could become congested for mid-pack runners, however the few runners I saw in this area were very diligent about staying to their right (as was I), so I experienced no issues through here.

The race in 2018 (and 2017, for that matter) started on time, and are chip-timed with results being posted to the race website after about a day. No medal is provided, but age group winners receive a gift certificate to a local running store* and there is a fairly large number of good door prizes (including gift certificates/cards to a local running store, a few local restaurants, a message, and a few other local businesses). The finisher's area includes water, a banana, and some sports drink, and the post-race gathering area (where the awards are and the area surrounding) is in the shade (NICE because it's in the summer).