Fun Run in the Park Griffith Park 5k - July 13, 2013

At first I was quite pissy about this race.  I plugged the address given on the website into my GPS.  My GPS took me to that address.  Lo and behold no sign of a race. Hummm.  I saw lots of runners so I followed a few of them hoping I'd find the race.  No such luck.  As I was walking back to my car and woman asked me if I was there for the race.  I said I was.  She was lost and confused as well.  She called a friend and found out the race site was further down the road.  I got in my car and kept driving until I found the correct spot.  Signage people! 

I looked up my bib number and proceeded to get my bib and t-shirt.  As I was getting my shirt I heard the volunteers tell someone they were out of small and medium shirts.  How do you not have enough shirts?!  I'm pretty sure I was asked my shirt size when I registered.  I didn't get to work up over this since I wanted a large shirt.  But really?  As a race organizer how do you not have enough shirts?!

This was a small race with about 500 runners.  The course was on part of the equestrian path around Griffith Park.  It was a lovely dirt/sand path with lots of shade.  The path was relatively level with a slight incline at the beginning, a lot of the course felt as if we were going slightly downhill (not a bad thing).

About half way through the race I ended up running along side another woman.  We ran side by side for most of the race, but she out kicked me at the finish.  After the race she thanked me for pacing her.

At home after the race.

As I was walking to my car two girls stopped me and asked if they could take a picture with me.  LOL. I was the only runner in a tutu and they loved my tutu.   I guess I put the "fun" in the Fun Run.

All in all this was a nice little race.  I really enjoyed it and I would do it again.

My time was 36:21 with a pace of 11:41.  I finished in 300th place (oddly enough my bib # was 300) out of 488 runners, and I was 15th of 23 in my age division.This is my second fastest 5k time for the year and my 3rd fastest overall 5k time.  I'm pretty happy with it.

Finisher's Medal