Pro Football Hall of Fame Relay Race Recap

Beast Mode 5 got the job done on Sunday, 4/26, the day of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Relay. It was my first experience with a relay, and I’m glad it was this particular race.

I was a bit worried about running my 10k leg (#1) because I had run the Gold Jacket 5k the day before, and I ran it hard enough to just miss a PR.

I know I had written that I was going to go bright and early to Belden Village to take the shuttle, but Michael (Leg 3) lives just across the park from the starting line, so we parked at his house and I used the park as a warm up.

We met the other members of The Ohio Runners Network (TORN) on the Hall of Fame steps for a photo op.

After that we waited for the start. And waited. Unfortunately, the lines for the shuttle were super long, and rather than start without all of those people, Jim chose to give them another ten minutes. I think that’s a really difficult call for a race director to make because you’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t. Some people were really cold, but I felt ok because the sun was coming out and I was crammed next to a bunch of runners in the corral. Plus, I was excited.

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