I'm not a huge fan of 5K races as I hate pushing that hard, but I know that it's good for me so I try to sign up for a few each year so I work on speed. This race was the first of three in a series that features a bunch of super fast runners since there is prize money for the top overall winners. We also got a really nice jacket for signing up for the whole series and you got a break on the individual race prices by signing up for all of them too. This is a nice course in a metro park that I hadn't run in before and it was fun trying to keep up with the faster crowd. Not a lot of frills at the actual race, but there was cold water, bananas, and bagels after as well as a nice medal. Plus, it's just fun to run in a small local race that gives the proceeds back to charity. It was also fun to watch the five Kenyans who showed up all run in the mid 4:00s with the winner finishing in 14:05 and making the guy on the bike leading the pack really work. :)