Mike Sterling 10K

Mike Sterling 10K

Mike Sterling 10K

( 9 reviews )
100% of reviewers recommend this race
  • Crisfield,
    Maryland,
    United States
  • September
  • 6 miles/10K
  • Road Race
  • Event Website

Vanessa Junkin

Salisbury, Maryland, United States
54 91
2017
"Great course and door prizes! "
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Vanessa Junkin's thoughts:

The Mike Sterling 10K is one of my favorite races, and this was my sixth year participating in the race. It is an awesome community race held on the Saturday of Labor Day Weekend, which is National Hard Crab Derby weekend in the Crab Capital of the World: Crisfield, Maryland.

The 10K is a run, and there is also a 5K walk. It's a great deal for a 10K, at just $25 for advance entries (2017 price). I really enjoy the course, which starts out near the waterfront and then continues into neighborhoods and onto the main strip for a straightaway finish.

The swag is a T-shirt, so it's not something I would run in, but I love that it has a crab on it. There are also large crab pot prizes for overall winners and small crab pot prizes for age group winners. This year, the first two male and female runners in each age group got one of the age group awards (last year, it was just the first in each age group).

There were three water stops during this race, which is normally during a hot weekend. It's great that there are so many water stops, and I did stop at two of them. The one in the middle I believe only had Gatorade held out when I passed by, but it wasn't really a problem for me since the next stop was so close. I was considering putting the aid station rating at four stars because as far as I know, there was not water being held out at that stop, but I feel that a 10K with three aid stations deserves a 5.

Crisfield is extremely flat — my watch logged 0 feet of elevation gain — literally. Parking is also easy to come by not far from the race start. It's a smaller race (although it was at its largest this year), and there is not an expo — just race day packet pickup.

I am friends with the race directors and I think they do an awesome job. There were tons of door prizes, ranging from a pound of crab meat (which I won) to a Smith Island Cake to a free pair of running shoes, and more.

I always look forward to this race!

Read my blog post here: https://sherunsbytheseashore.com/2017/09/07/bringing-home-the-crab-at-the-mike-sterling-10k/

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