Florida Striders Memorial Day 5K
Florida Striders Memorial Day 5K
( 3 reviews )-
Orange Park,
Florida,
United States - May
- 3 miles/5K
- Road Race
- Event Website
Jenn
Jacksonville, Florida, United StatesOverall
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This was my 3rd year running this race. Here are the positives and negatives:
The Good
-Not every 5K gives you a medal for finishing! I love how the design is different for these medals every year.
-The course was pancake flat, which was good since it was basically a sauna with the heat.
-From what I saw, the shirts were really nice (see below - I didn't get one)
-It cost $25 to register the day of the race. Very affordable for a 5K that gives you a bunch of goodies.
The Bad
-I gave race management 2 stars because it seemed like the stars were aligned to prevent me from running this race. I tried to register online, but ran into issues. When I went to the store to register, they told me I had to pay with cash or check. Since I don't carry cash on me, I went to the grocery store to use debit. When I went back to the store…registration was closed. The morning of the race I got there about an hour before the race started, and just barely registered (where they told me I COULD use a credit card), but didn't get a shirt or a bib.
-I'm not sure why, but they changed the race location to about a mile up the road from where it is usually held. I found a lot of people wandering around the normal race location, completely lost till someone directed us up the road.