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Originally Posted by Mr_Tomahawk
Thanks for the info guys. I am pumped!
I have done a few marathons, can blow thru 5ks....but I am nervous about gettin hung up in some of these obstacles...mainly the cargo net stuff.
Oh well...
Is it hard to weasel your way towards the front of heats at the beginning or are people dicks and dont let you thru?
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It's not difficult. 95% of the people at this event don't give a damn at all about trying to win. It's just one big party. My wife and I "weaseled" our way up the line quite a bit. No dirty looks. In traditional 5Ks it's actually the norm to work your way up where a post is being held saying "7 minutes", "8 minutes", etc to indicate average mile pace. So that gives faster people public "permission" to walk up to the front of the line. Here there were no signs, so I was kind of just walking up to somewhere semi-competitive, but far enough back that I wouldn't be in the way of the really hard-core runners.
Edit: Realize the sign post thing is obvious info for you if you've done marathons and 5Ks, but FYI for newbies.