Our year of racing is over and we did it- a race a month for a year plus one for good measure. We found some new favs, some we’ll never do again, helped benefit a lot of charities, and had a great time!
Best expo- Rock’ n Roll. The expo is huge. They have tons of vendors booths giving away samples. You can buy clothes, shoes, tutus, or get taped up. And it’s super organized.
Runner up- Littleton Airlife Memorial- they had the best vendors and raffle prizes. Snow cones, brownies, bagels, and the Melting pot! They gave away movie tickets, restaurant gift cards, and a new bike! They also had flight for life helicopters and SWAT trucks on display for people to check out.
Honorable Mention- Blue Shoe Run- silent auction and you can play with the surgical robot
Best scenery- Camp Eden 5K. This race was in the mountains along a dirt trail. Beautiful mountain views!
Runner up- Woodland Park Mayor’s Cup. This race also had great mountain views. Nothing like having Pikes Peak stare you down in your final mile.
Honorable Mention- Yeti Chase- This race took place at Bear Creek state park. Right at the foothills you had mountain views, horses, and lakes.
Best course- City Solve Adventure Race. This race literally took you all over Denver and you got to pick the route. Solve different clues and figure out what is the fastest route around downtown.
Runner up- Airlife Memorial. The course was along the Platte River trail, which is where I normally run. It was nice to know exactly where you were and where you had to go
Honorable Mention-
Best music- Runnin’ of the Green. Nothing kicks off a race quite like bag pipes.
Runner up- Woodland Park. They had a jazz fest after the race.
Honorable Mention- Rock ‘n Roll. They do a great job of providing on course music and a concert afterwards.
Best finish- Woodland Park Mayor’s Cup 10K. I finished 2nd in my age group, got a ribbon, AND my picture taken with the mayor!
Runner up- City Solve Adventure Race. We finished 7th overall
Honorable Mention- Airlife Memorial. The race course was along the Platte river trail, which is where I normally do my runs. Knowing the course in and out definitely helps!
Best Shirt- Yeti Chase. A super cute tech tee
Runner up- Rock ‘n Roll 2012. Great color and cute design.
Honorable Mention- Naked foot 5k. Overall, I didn’t like a single thing about this race. Except the shirt. Tech tee that literally says “I ran naked in 2012.”
Hardest Course- Camp Eden 5K. Even Ben didn’t finish in under 30 minutes! Plus, there were people getting sick on the course.
Runner up- Woodland Park 10K. Altitude and hills aren’t my thing.
Honorable Mention- Naked foot 5k. Over half of the race was in grass that had been overly watered and turned into marsh.
Best Race Environment- Rock ‘n Roll Denver. Tons of supporters came out and lined the course. Plus, my parents came out, so that was fun!
Runner up- Runnin’ of the Green. Lots of runners and a lot of people dress up for this one.
Honorable Mention- City Solve Urban Race. It was more of a everyone’s out to have a good time race than a race, race. They had a costume contest and gave away best tweet prizes.
Favorite moments- Tulsa Turkey Trot and the Blue Shoe Run. Running with my family is so much fun! It was also awesome having my parents ring cowbells for us at this year’s half marathon.
Runner up- Start of the Airlife memorial. They released white doves before the start and to signify the start of the race, all of the of the fire trucks and ambulances turned on their sirens.
Honorable Mention- Seeing a dog pee on a bag full of bagels at the finish line of the Christmas Carol Classic. I was so glad we grabbed one before that happened!
November- Fleet Feet Turkey Trot
December- Christmas Carol Classic
January- Yeti Chase
February- Valentine’s Day Race
March- Runnin’ of the Green
April- City Solve Urban Race
May- Airlife Memorial
June- Camp Eden 5K
July- Naked Foot 5K
August- Woodland Park
1 comment:
So fun!
I like how you broke it down best, runner up, honorable mention..that was fun! I still can't believe you saw a dog pee on the bagels. Classic and disgusting!!
Next time you really need to take pictures of these things!! :)
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