I had been told how insanely packed this rae had been in the past and avoided signing up, but after they announced that they had switched up the course to accommodate crowd size, my friends and I decided to give this race a chance. It actually wasn't bad at all, there was costume judging in the beginning and the start/finish of the race was at Welcome Stadium, which perfectly accommodated the crowd before and after the race. The only really "crowded" part was at the beginning and trying to weave through the dozens of strollers, but once you broke through those, it was pretty much smooth sailing til the finish. The staff was fantastic, which they always are at all ORRRC events. Perfect weather as well.