Shamrock'N Race

Shamrock'N Race

Shamrock'N Race

( 1 review )
100% of reviewers recommend this race
  • Burnaby,
    Canada
  • March
  • 3 miles/5K, 5 miles/8K, 13.1 miles/Half Marathon, Other
  • Trail Race
  • Event Website

Karin Femi

Vancouver, Canada
5 20
2018
"A Fun and Sweet Race"
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Karin Femi's thoughts:

If you like green, Irish music, running in parks, pancakes, and sweet treats, then this race was designed for you! The Shamrock'N Race is a race held on the gravel trails around Burnaby Lake and includes a 5k, 7 mile (a great opportunity for a PB in an odd distance), and half-marathon. Your registration includes a timing chip, a finisher medal, souvenir running socks (your future lucky socks?), race pictures (if the photographer manages to catch you), and a pancake breakfast.

What I liked:
- Flat-ish trails with just a few short rolling hills
- Finishing on trails (not on grass like the last time I ran in Burnaby lake)
- Access to real washrooms about 200m from the start and to porter potties right next to start line
- A fun warm up to Irish folk music led by the November Project
- Fun and cute costumes
- High-fives at the finish line
- Technical socks with lucky 4-leaf clovers
- A podium ceremony with medal awards for the overall winners of each race + podium pictures
- A wide choice of fruits and sweet snacks at the finish line
- A playground at the finish line
- Coverage of the event by Gord Kurenoff of the Vancouver Sun

What could be improved:
- This year's race did not include a race photographer and the video screen shot were quite blurry
- A few people did not notice the arrow pointing to the left at the first trail intersection and continued straight on another path (which ended up being a little bit of a shortcut). It would be best to put up a cone, block access to that alternate path with a rope, or add a marshall at that spot next year.

View mydetailed race recap here: http://looseleafrunner.blogspot.ca/2018/04/aiming-for-podium-at-burnaby-shamrock-n.html

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