Vista Strawberry Festival 5000

If you like strawberries, then this is a fun race to do.
I signed up for this race to get my ass up early on the weekend to train/​run. It’s a local race and small in comparison to other 5Ks in the area.
Pros:
–Easy race packet pickup (Frazier Farms)
–Easy parking on race day (I parked at Frazier Farms and walked across the bridge to the start.)
–Before the race, there’s a DJ playing some good beats and a guy who was helping the crowd warm up.
–Small race
–Strawberries
–Medal for a 5K
–Festival following the race
Cons:
–Tech shirts are huge! It makes a great sleeping shirt, tho.
–No expo
–Port-​o-​pottie lines were long. Good thing I didn’t have to use it!
–What’s up with that hill after mile 1 and mile 2? Totally unexpected
–The route wasn’t clearly outlined. At one point we were running one direction and was told by the po-​po to run around the cones they just placed on the street. It would have been nice had they put them before we started the race!
–At one point we were running alongside the finishing stretch where I looked at my Garmin and it said we had about .75 mile to go. Don’t trick us thinking we’re about to cross the finish line!
–There was no direction as to where the strawberries or water was following the race. Everyone was concerned with returning the chip.
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STAT
Chip Time — 26:08
3^rd best 5K time