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Race Reports for Bellin Run 2009

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Race rating (3)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: If you like crowds this is your race. With 17000 people, there is no way to PR on this race. You do it to be part of one of the biggest 10K in the country. Besides that, there isn't much of a reason to go through so many people. The wave start too forever to get across the start line but it did help with crowds. The finish was much better :)
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Race rating (4)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Ran race with pace - she did a great job keeping me to a reasonable pace!!! Thanks Pam
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Race rating (5)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: I love this race. The support from the community is incredible. So many people cheering us on, people stand out in their yards and spray hoses to cool us down, and despite being the 4th (thanks, Sarah!) largest 10K in the US, it runs smoothly with a lot of volunteers, and everything is planned out very well. Tons of medical help all along the course as well. I'm amazed by the kids who run this. The schools in the area have a program that trains them for the race which is optional after school. I'm talking probably 7yrs and up.....I could not believe my 8yr old cousin ran it (so sad I missed a picture with him). When I was 14 I thought 6 miles was FOREVER and these kids are doing it. It's great, especially when obesity numbers are alarming!
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Race rating (5)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: If you can, do THE Bellin. Free cookies and nice folk at St. Paul's Lutheran Church.I hope to do it again next year to try to get below 1 hour. I was proud that I listened to my body, but didn't give up totally. I am not one to push myself and instead look at the weather, other runners,listen to birds,others' conversation, etc. In races I almost never start out too fast, and even though I did and had slower splits and knew I was getting slower during the race, I kept focused mentally.
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