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Melbourne,
Florida,
United States - February
- 3 miles/5K
- Road Race
- Event Website
Steffanie
Merritt Island, Florida, United StatesOverall
T-Shirts/SWAG
Aid Stations
Course Scenery
Expo Quality
Elevation Difficulty
Parking/Access
Race Management
A caveat: I'm not usually into races like this (and color runs, etc), but a friend invited me to join her team, so I decided to give it a chance. This is part of a series of runs, and was the inaugural race for this location. Honestly, I was disappointed in many ways. It seemed that the series organizers were not really involved in organizing the local race. "Swag" was a cotton T-shirt, and not even a bag to put it in--I expected more for over $35. Parking was an additional fee the day of the event; this should have been included in the race costs. The parking attendants were also absent post-race, which led to dangerous conditions, as the last part of the race course ran past the parking lot. Another issue was that volunteers spraying the runners were apparently never told to NOT SPRAY ANYWHERE NEAR THE FACE. The expo was one of the nicer ones I've seen, which was a positive.