WHAT WAS AWESOME ABOUT THIS RACE?
Especially since they moved the finish line from the sideline on the 50 yard line to right smack dab in the middle of the field, the finish line for the Soldier Field 10 Mile is by far the coolest finish line I will run all year. The jumbotrons and ribbon boards are fired up just like they would be for gameday. An extra bonus was thanks to the NATO Summit. This was most football-oriented the field has looked ever. There were some runnings where Soldier Field was prepared for a soccer friendly to be played later in the day.

WHAT WASN'T SO AWESOME ABOUT THIS RACE?
Have you ever felt like you were listened to TOO much? This was the case we found ourselves in on Saturday. In order to keep foot traffic from backing up in certain areas and keep people out of areas, there were a lot of fences preventing us from moving freely from one area to another. For example, we wanted to go to the bathroom, so we entered one door. We found out that we were in the fenced in runner's only area where we would later be fenced in afterwards to pick up our fuel bags, medals, gear check bags, and blankets. We had to leave the stadium, go over six gates, and then back into the stadium to use the bathroom. This is probably exactly what I wanted, but sometimes when you have time, I just want to wander. They controlled us so much that we couldn't wander. As you can tell, I really had to stretch to complain.

For more, check out my blog entry: http://tkmarathonman.blogspot.com/2012/05/race-report-fleet-feet-sports-soldier.html