local elementary school fundraiser, none of the serious runners come to this so it is pretty much a solo time trial. Since the money is for Providence elementary I wish they would ditch the millisecond chip timing they use, which takes a huge chunk of the entry fee with their ridiculous fees for timing the race. I am no fan of milliseconds anyway, and you would think they could provide free or reduced rate timing for fund raisers for schools but I guess not. And there is no reason to chip time a little race like this with no serious runners anyway. I've tried to convince the people in charge of this but to no avail.
Whoever marked the course added an extra block before first turn, which added exactly 0.25 miles to the race, making it a 5.4 instead of 5K. Oh well it's a fundraiser for the school, and to make money for millisecond chip timing, so it hardly matters. The course is a loop with rolling hills through River Heights and Providence. Splits were 5:42 (mostly downhill), 6:02 (rolling hills but net level), 6:20 (uphill) and 5:39 for 0.35 miles (downhill). Kind of a "bleh" performance, not really motivated for racing right now. I entered the SG lottery, and i am almost hoping I don't get in so I can just take the summer off and get fat and lazy. If I don't get into SG then Bolder Boulder on Memorial day will be my last race of the year before a low key 5K in November.
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