Unusual races?

Unusual? Mister, any time a large group of mouth breathers dressed in
shiny super hero costumes, brightly colored fairy slippers, and nipple
tape, gathers to prance through someone else's town..........it's
friggin unusual.

In the states there are several "party" races where people get
rather festive and costume up or even run in their birthday suits.
San Franciscos bay-to-breakers and Boulder's bolder are
examples. (Though many people in their B-suits are middle-age
out-of-shape and the last you'd want to see.)

Hash Harrier groups around the world stage a "red dress" run.
The harriers combine running and beer drinking all year long.

Almost every holiday has a race, starting with the midnight New Years
resolution runs.

well the B to B is a serious road race w/elite field, etc. it was the
first distance race i ever entered..'88 or '89 or so...back in the Peg
days. it's probably running this weekend or next in fact....and now
has what?...90,000 runners?

by "unusual" i think anders means like the run-up the empire state
building here in nyc. many running clubs have 1 mile "backwards" road
races on April Fools day for example.

Miss Anne Thrope said:

Unusual? Mister, any time a large group of mouth breathers dressed in
shiny super hero costumes, brightly colored fairy slippers, and nipple
tape, gathers to prance through someone else's town..........it's
friggin unusual.

LOL!! .... Quote of the year.... so far
--
Les<SlowFoot>Stewart
Beaumont, TX

Miss Anne Thrope said:

Unusual? Mister, any time a large group of mouth breathers dressed in
shiny super hero costumes, brightly colored fairy slippers, and nipple
tape, gathers to prance through someone else's town..........it's
friggin unusual.

Hmmmm.....
mouth breather, costumes, slippers...nipple tape....
Sounds like somebody filled you in about the first Friday every
month at my house.

Probably not that unusual but:

a couple races near me finish on horse race tracks. (one also starts on
the track).

how about unusual distances? the 14.9mile Ultimate Road test goes
through some very hilly area in southeast Ohio.

unusual names? there is a race named after in a small town in
Pennsylvania, called the race thru Hell!

Enjoy,
Ed

Probably not that unusual but:

a couple races near me finish on horse race tracks. (one also starts on
the track).

how about unusual distances? the 14.9mile Ultimate Road test goes
through some very hilly area in southeast Ohio.

unusual names? there is a race named after in a small town in
Pennsylvania, called the race thru Hell!

Enjoy,
Ed

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Probably not that unusual but:

a couple races near me finish on horse race tracks. (one also starts on
the track).

Are you talking about the Preakness?
if so, have you run it? what's it like?
bj

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how about unusual distances? the 14.9mile Ultimate Road test goes
through some very hilly area in southeast Ohio.

There's a "metric half-marathon" north of Fort Worth, 13.1K. Eh.

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Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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If you're going through hell, keep going. --Winston Churchill

No, not there.

One is at the Thistledown racetrack. It has just the finish on the
final straightaway. This is a thouroughbred track ,so the surface is
relatively soft. Most runners keep close to the outside rail where the
dirt is a little more packed. Not much passing in that final stretch.

The other is Northfield Park racetrack which runs the trotters There
the surface is harder packed. It's also steeply banked!. That one have
the start on the track, running a full lap before heading outside, then
the finish is about one and a quarter laps on the track. It can get
tough to handle that banking.

Both are 5K races.

Both races video the finish and replay it during the awards ceremonies.
Nice touch.

If you are ever in the area and have the chance, come try them out.

Ed

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One is at the Thistledown racetrack. .
The other is Northfield Park racetrack
Both are 5K races.
Both races video the finish and replay it during the awards ceremonies.
Nice touch.
If you are ever in the area and have the chance, come try them out.

Not sure where those are; they do sound like fun.

But I am planning on trying the Preakness 5k tomorrow unless the weather is
too revolting to contemplate the drive up there. It features
"Burst through the actual Preakness starting gate! See yourself thunder down
the stretch toward the Finish Line on the 60' Videotron! "
although "lumber" is more my style than "thunder"!
bj

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But I am planning on trying the Preakness 5k tomorrow unless the weather
is too revolting to contemplate the drive up there. It features
"Burst through the actual Preakness starting gate! See yourself thunder
down the stretch toward the Finish Line on the 60' Videotron! "
although "lumber" is more my style than "thunder"!

It turned out to be a nice day, but the race ad writer must have been on
something.

The race was a rather routine neighborhood slightly rolling road route. No
starting gate, & no videotron, though the finish was down through the
racetrack tunnel & into ?the infield?.

On the whole, not really worth the extra driving time/distance for me, but
not a completely shot day either, nor was I totally [censored] that I hadn't
chosen another (somewhat similar in character but much smaller) race
closer to home & 1/2 hour later start & several fewer gallons of gas.
And I got a pretty paperweight as an age group prize.
bj

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Hi bj,

Congratulations on the age group finish!!

Thanks; but it's not hard to place in a small AG!
Not that I don't enjoy it, and the various medals, ribbons & other awards
look nice around the house. And I'm still ahead of those who don't do it at
all, though (sometimes far) behind several in my AG (& older) who leave me
in their dust.

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Sorry to hear how disappointing it was to miss out on promised
features. That video is the best feature of those two races I
mentioned, seeing yourself finish! Maybe drop the race track a letter.
It won't help you from this year, but maybe the idea will get thru for
future years.

I may, if I think about it.
But from what the announcer was saying, it sounded like a real effort on
somebody's part even to get to use any of the facilities -- the racetrack
itself doesn't put on the people-race. I think this race used to be downtown
(I *think* that's what somebody told me).

We did get a short glimpse of some horses doing workouts -- we could see
them through the fence from the parking lot. They were gone before the race
was over.

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Preakness is eastern NY state? Albany?

Nope, Baltimore -- Pimlico track.
The horse race is this Saturday.
2nd leg of the triple crown.

A local running club in DC is having a "Triple Crown" race -- one of each
distance, one after the other on the same morning (this Saturday). I'd run
it (them) if I weren't signed up for a 10k on Sunday.

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Thistledown and Northfield are both Ohio Tracks, in the Cleveland-Akron
area. They are coming up soon. I'll see about getting the dates in case
anyone's interested.

That's *really* too far for me to go. But I'm sure someone will be
interested.
bj