Well, I'll be the first to admit that CPR was a bust in terms of racing. I hadn't trained properly, I hadn't eaten properly, and quite frankly I'm lucky that I was able to finish that race at all. I did pay the price, however, in terms of blistering.
Three days later and I am just barely back to my normal walking capabilities. Fair warning, the rest of this post isn't for the faint-at-heart when it comes to blister pictures.
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Sunday, July 13, 2014
Race Recap: 2nd Annual Costume Party Half Marathon
Happy July, everyone! I'm officially back with nothing less than a HM recap. Go big or go home, right?
Before I begin retelling any tales, though, I believe it would be in storytelling's best interest to mention that it was Claudia's birthday today (on race day) and that she stayed with us Saturday night in order to make it to the start line on time on her big day.
I'm just going to go ahead and say this before anything else, fair warning. I will no longer be participating in races put on by Superhero Events, the company in charge of the Costume Party Run (CPR). I have already paid for the Awesome 80s Run in November, but Superhero will not be getting any more of my race dollars ever again.
I have already posted about the pricing issues I encountered for this race in another post, so I’m not going to rehash them here, but from Packet Pickup to the Finish Line, this entire race was the race that will make me a DNS-er forever with Superhero.
Last year, when the early bird pricing email came out for returning racers, we were explicitly told that three of our complaints would be addressed and fixed:
Before I begin retelling any tales, though, I believe it would be in storytelling's best interest to mention that it was Claudia's birthday today (on race day) and that she stayed with us Saturday night in order to make it to the start line on time on her big day.
I'm just going to go ahead and say this before anything else, fair warning. I will no longer be participating in races put on by Superhero Events, the company in charge of the Costume Party Run (CPR). I have already paid for the Awesome 80s Run in November, but Superhero will not be getting any more of my race dollars ever again.
I have already posted about the pricing issues I encountered for this race in another post, so I’m not going to rehash them here, but from Packet Pickup to the Finish Line, this entire race was the race that will make me a DNS-er forever with Superhero.
Last year, when the early bird pricing email came out for returning racers, we were explicitly told that three of our complaints would be addressed and fixed:
1.
No more trashy trucker hats. We would be getting tech
tees for 2014.
2.
A better route that didn’t include 4 miles of the
Qualcomm Stadium parking lot.
3.
Better route signage for all runners, particularly
those running the 5K and 10K routes.
Trusting that Superhero would make good on their written promise to us, TJ and I both signed up for a second year of
crazy costumes and July heat. We figured that we’d enjoy ourselves just as much
if not much more if Superhero made these small changes for us, so why not?
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)