Danat 5K Fun Run

Danat 5K Fun Run

Danat 5K Fun Run

( 1 review )
No one recommends this race yet.
  • Al Ain,
    Alabama,
    United Arab Emirates
  • November
  • 3 miles/5K
  • Road Race
  • Event Website

Jordan

Chicago, Illinois, United States
21 21
2014
"Pretty sad even by local 5K standards"
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Jordan 's thoughts:

This race gained a lot of buzz amongst people I knew and it sounded like something fun. If you're familiar with local races you know not to expect much, they're small and pretty freely run, but even using that measure, this race was bad.

The race was going to start at 9. Around 8:50 am, they announced they'd start soon. People carried on pretty sure that they would call people to the start and let them line up. What actually happened was, a man with a megaphone was suddenly yelling "get set, go" and what ensued was pandemonium. The children who were running darted in and out of adults and the front pack of runners, forcing people onto the side walk or to twist quickly to avoid them. If you weren't at the very back you ran the risk of being ran into, ran over or being caught in a very fast sprint out from people trying to get into some free space.

The course is at a local hotel, so its pretty scenic. You get to run one of the long stretches of park in town and then turn back into the hotel grounds. It's a simple loop that was complicated by bad course management. While there were people out, no one knew what distance they were at, where the rest of the course carried on or where the water was. A woman running at the very back could be head yelling at someone to give out water. At a random course manager there was a cooler, but other than that nothing. This wouldn't have been such a big deal, but the temperature was starting to heat up and there were a lot of run-walkers.

Along the course were a lot of single or unattached men leering at the female runners. Traffic going in the opposite way was heard honking and yelling which seemed innocent at first until some of the police officers who spoke Arabic got hostile with some. It was an uneasy feeling.

Above all else, there was no swag. The race shirts ran out and a very rude official said that they were "complimentary". If I pay to run an event, the shirt is not "complimentary" it is mine and you need to hand it over. The "breakfast" that was given was tuna salad sandwiched and stale croissants.

For the amount paid, it wasn't the end of the world, but a better alternative is to run 5 kilometers for free with friends.

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