Bolder Boulder 10K

After having fewer than 300 participants run the Wyoming races Sunday, Memorial Day Monday had runners everywhere as over 50,000 people participated in the second largest 10K in the United States.  The weather was much nicer than the largest 10K has July 4th weekend in Hotlanta I'd imagine.

We headed out early for the parking garage near the finish line.  There was no absolutely no traffic driving to the finish area; the garage was almost empty as well.  After hanging out in the car for awhile, we decided to find the Boulder bus that would take us to the start line.  We probably walked at least 1/2 as far to get to the shuttle versus just walking to the start line.  Walking directly definetely would have been quicker as the bus ride took awhile with traffic.  No worries though as we were at the start with plenty of time to spare.

I'm not sure exactly how many corral starts Boulder had, but there were more than I'd ever seen for a race.  They started within a minute of each other and that seemed to work fine in keeping the course moving.  It was crowded the entire race but never clogged.  I can definetely say that my own breathing limitations and not the course crowd is what slowed me down.

Another interesting thing about the Boulder course was the fact that both mile and kilometer markers were on the course.  It got rather confusing as to where you were on the course as the mile/K number was visible before the mile/km designation.  There were also timing mats at every mile marker. 

We didn't stay for the Memorial Day tribute at 11:40 as we had an afternoon flight back to Houston and didn't want to get caught in post event traffic.

All in all, Bolder Boulder 10k was a fun race in a nice town.