10km (actually 10.75 by my Garmin) Finishing time: 49:03 Finishing place: 17th (ish) / 400 (More on the "ish" below) Race temp: 34 degrees, 89% humidity at race start, 06:30 Race AQI: 154 (AQI = Air Quality Index. Higher = bad. For comparison, AQI in Ottawa on Sunday was 22) Though I registered in advance, there was only a veneer of organization at the race, and it was hilariously chaotic when I showed up. Gun time was 06:30 (owing to the heat), and though I was there at 05:45, when I hadn't been able to get a bib (at that point I was willing to take any bib) by 06:25, I told them I could just run with my Garmin. As a result, I'm not entirely sure of my finishing place. They haven't posted a
The AIDs Run/Walk San Diego 5k+ is almost exactly 4 miles long. The good news is that they did warn us about that at the start line! The event is held each year in the Hillcrest area of San Diego. It’s a big fundraiser for AIDs/HIV which has been going on since 1985 when it was called The San Diego Walk for Life because there was so much fear surrounding AIDs at the time they could not include HIV or AIDs in the name. The event starts with an expo which includes booths and displays. The run is chip timed on a closed course through the streets of Hillcrest and Baiboa Park with two water stops and lots of enthusiastic cheering particularly at the finish line. It’s relatively flat and with only
