UVU had a "NO SNOW" Indoor 5K on Saturday. Two of my sisters (millie & annie) and my brother-in-law (jacob) decided to run. Annie and I are not big runners. We've started running the last couple of weeks and decided to just see how we would do.We arrived early, registered, and studied the route. we had the option of a "stair route" and a "non-stair route". As we studied the map we questioned the distance. It seemed a little short but we figured that they knew what they were doing and didn't question it any further.
The race started in the McKay Event Center at 9:00. Annie and I stayed together as Millie and Jacob raced ahead. (5k is a walk in the park compared to a marathon.) As we circled through the course we again started to question the distance. As we neared the finish (back at the McKay) we wondered if we had made a wrong turn. We had only been running for 10 minutes. We entered through the doors along with several other confused runners. We all questioned where we were to go next and checked our maps. We found some race organizers and questioned where we were suppose to go next. This is the reply we got...
"You're done! Good Job!"
"But we've only been running ten minutes?" We questioned again.
"Well did you pass through the hall of flags? ... the ballroom? ... the administration building?"
"yes... yes... yes..." We replied back.
"Well, you're done!"
"I don't think that was 5k," another confused runner said.
"No, we had 5k officials come and measure and mark the course."
"But it's only been ten minutes... "
Most of the runners, including annie, millie, and i, decided to run the course again. We paid ten bucks and wanted a decent work-out. The second time through our time was 24 minutes. (that's including time spent sorting through the confusion) I would love to say that 24 minutes was my actual time in a 5k but I'm a pretty slow runner and there's no way i could run 3.3 miles in less than 30 minutes. Just not going to happen.
so... i decided that those who want to organize and put together a race, should have some idea of the distance of their route. I don't know, maybe walk through it yourself... google how far 5k really is....
Oh well, the whole thing was pretty funny! Jacob finished in 7 minutes. That's got to be a world record!!!!! And a must say, a 10 minute 5k ain't too bad.
4 comments:
That's awesome. I would have run it again as well.
Some day we will run a marathon together okay?
That is hilarious! nice time. that's really weird that is wasn't the correct distance. hmmm at least you can say you ran it in 10 minutes!
LOL Love it! Way to go! That was an awesome story! You guys must be fast runners. I hope that the official who "measured it out" wasn't really an official. How embarassing for the people who employ him! But at least yall had fun!
Yeah, well the problem really was that Val Hale started the race wrong and everyone went the wrong way. Plus in the planning of the whole thing it was really bad.
It was nice to see you there though! Tell Brandon to call me!!!!
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