In its inaugural event there were close to four hundred runners, most of whom were dressed up in red. A lot of them were also wearing the race day t-shirts, designed by Pure Detroit, were quality. In lieu of a picture, just imagine the insignia at the top of this page on a dark grey short sleeve shirt. The other people looked like the picture below. Yes, even the guy without the shirt dressed... like something. I don't know why he went nips out when it was hovering around freezing but God bless. I wish he were wearing red though. (And by the way I beat him.)
The race started from the Cass Coridor, then went south on Cass Avenue, around Cass Park and back. Along the way there was a Nain in a few buildings jeering the runners by way of microphone. It was a nice touch. I would've liked it if the pace car had a Nain on it. Anyway the wind was blowing pretty hard, the air was more than crisp... it was more smacking. The wind smacked me a few times. There were a few guys ahead of me that I slowly passed, Shirtless Guy being one of them, but there were three guys that were ahead of me that sort of always kept getting further and further away. My theory is that they were part of the running store there and they are very good runners. Obviously.
I finished the race at 18:30, which is around 15 seconds slower than my PR, but I also think the course was short. The good news is that I came in third overall. That never happened in DC so I was very happy about that. I got to choose a shot glass as a result. AND the best part was that, going along with the red theme, there were red velvet cupcakes and pomegranate at the finish line. A trip to Slows to Go was a delicious way to finish the experience. There's me below running in my red, pixelated best.
