• Cedar Rapids,
    Iowa,
    United States
  • May
  • 3 miles/5K
  • Road Race
  • Event Website

Angie Maske-Berka

Iowa, United States
177 213
2014
"CRFD 5k"
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T-Shirts/SWAG
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Race Management
Angie Maske-Berka's thoughts:

Registration: You could register online through Eventbrite, Cost was only $6 without a t-shirt and $21 with. Chip timing was included. Late registration w/o a shirt was only $10, which you could do minutes before the start of the race.

Packet pick up: There was a pick up the Friday before the race, and others could grab your stuff for you. Held in the commons of the High School. You could also grab your bib the morning before the race. No expo, just pick up & registration.

Pre-Race: Plenty of parking, as the race started/finished at a high school. School was open for use of the bathrooms, otherwise there were no port-o-potties. There were also drinking fountains.

Race / Course: Just before the race started, there was one wheel chair entry that started before the masses. Then a few announcements about the course were made, and we were off after a gun start. The course snaked through school property on all kinds of terrain, pavement, asphalt, trail. There were no course arrows or signs telling you which way to go, just follow the crowd. There were only volunteers or law enforcement officials at the intersections with the main roads. There was a water stop at the half way point, with paper cups. No mile markers. Flat course, an incline here or there, but no major hills. The finish had a banner, clock and the timing mat. Small chute and a volunteer removed the timing chip.

Post Race: There were bottles of water, energy drinks, oranges, apples, granola bars, and bagels with cream cheese inside the school commons. There was a kids race after all 5k participants were in. Awards were given out.

Overall: Great price, but very low key as far as race organization.

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