Mustache Dache

Psst. Wanna know a secret? If you sign up for a 5K during the cold & rainy season, chances are that it will be wet and chilly during the event, most people will stay home, and you just may find yourself on the winners’ podium at the end of the race. For this reason alone, I *loved* the 2014 Mustache Dache at Camp Mabry.
Thanks to the thunderstorm forecast, there were less than 300 participants there to run for Movember (an annual multi-​event fundraiser to support men’s cancer prevention, treatment, & cure) this year. Our little group of Unilocalers were undeterred, though, and we brought our A games. Veek and I were mere seconds away from the Top 3 for our age division — what a fun surprise!
For a reasonable registration fee ($ 45 via Carrera Races), 5K participants went home with a cute cotton T-​shirt (including fitted cut for ladies), a chipped race time, and a hilarious mustache-​shaped medal with bottle opener. This thing might actually see some use after race day — the tree hugger in me really appreciates that. Kids K runners (who really got drenched) made out with cute superhero capes.
The after party included Fireman’s 4 tallboys, breakfast tacos, coconut protein waters, and Cliff bars, among other sponsored freebies. Nothing like beer for breakfast after running a personal record 1 mile under 9 minutes.
Running at Camp Mabry was nice, but due to the weather, we didn’t really get to experience much of the campus. Coming on base was a bit cumbersome and parking instructions were absent from our pre-​race info packets, but we all figured it out.
Anyway, I’ll definitely be signing up for this one again next year. That winner’s pint glass will be mine in 2015!

Great event. November is usually a great time to run a 5k but this one got rained out.
It was a bit hard to find where to go (no signs) and mapquest puts you at a sealed off entrance, but it was a good family friendly event.
Costumes were encouraged and fun was had by all. I was even cheering for little Veruca Salt by the end of the run.
I enjoyed seeing the military tanks and military barracks. Liked the free tacos, fit foods, water, & coffee. Wished there were trash cans for the little paper cups we drank from on the run.
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The Mustache Dache was a nice little 5k in the rain out at Camp Mabry. Course was fairly simple and level with only one hill around the halfway point. There were maybe a dozen vendors/​sponsors including Clif, Fit Foods, and Honest Tea.
Adult age groups had surprisingly 20-​year spreads: 18 – 39, 40 – 59, and 60+ (!!!). I can’t wait til I’m 60, I’ll smoke my division.
I’m not sure how much of the event was dampened by the pouring rain (pretty sure all of it, literally) but the whole thing was much lower key than the website and promo had us expecting. They could have vastly improved things by having more signage on the base (you kind of drive around until you find the race start), better audio, one of those enthusiastic race announcer/​promoters, and a more obvious finish line.
Still, the t-​shirts were cool and I managed to place 5^th so it was a good day!