This race was the 5th race of the Capital Area Race Series (CARS). The race starts at Delta Dental in Concord, and heads straight ahead for an early bottle neck in a tunnel under the road. If you don't get out in front early be prepared to squish up to your neighbor. After this you cross over the highway and into another bottle neck on the bike path leading over the Merrimack River. Here it's pretty much single file until you reach Portsmouth Street in East Concord. From there you head into the conservation area which is wooded and the terrain switches from road to trail for about half a mile. You then retrace your steps going back over the river and finishing at Delta Dental where you started. Overall the course was pretty easy and I'd say mostly flat. I did lose some time at a few of the bottle necks/sharp turns. It wasn't enough to hurt my performance though as I still was able to tie my PR! After the race there was the usual bananas, water, granola bars etc, as well as hot dogs. They offered post race massages too. The money from the race was used to support the humane society, and in your goodie bag you got a Dick's Sporting Goods coupon, as well as a $5 off coupon to Runner's Alley (our local running store). Overall it was not a big fancy race, but a friendly race with lots of familiar faces from the Concord area running community. I would run it again.