The Statesman Cap10K is an iconic Austin, TX race! I’m still fairly new to Texas and whenever I spoke to other runners, they told me “you HAVE to run the Cap10k!” Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances for the past 2 years, the race has been cancelled. This year, due to COVID-19, the race went virtual. The run could be completed between April 11th and April 30th, 2021. Below are my thoughts and experiences of this race:

Packet Pick-up:
-My race packet was mailed to me, but the race did offer a drive-through packet pick-up for those local to Austin.
-I unfortunately received the packet after the date I originally wanted to run the race, so I postponed the date of my race.

Race Swag:
-I thought the race swag was great and really well thought out compared to other virtual runs I’ve completed.
-The bag came with a t-shirt that fit really well and was better quality in my opinion than many race shirts, my bib, my finisher’s medal, a yellow tape to make a finish line and a piece of chalk to either mark your course or write some words of encouragement.

Course:
-I ran the 6.2 solo miles on Austin trails
-The Cap10k did provide 10 options of in-person running routes in the Austin area. However, many of them went through neighborhoods with streets to cross and I didn’t want to worry about those safety issues while trying to run fast.

Conclusion:
-I believe this is the best overall virtual race experience I’ve had, other than the slight delay in shipping of the race swag.
-I believe the Cap10k team put a lot of effort in planning this to be a positive virtual experience, especially if you live local to the Austin area.
-I will definitely run the Cap10k again! Hopefully, 2022 will be in-person!