The ABTA 5K Path To Progress

A quick review of this past Saturday's 5K race that I participated in.

The race took place in Montrose Harbor, on the Northside of Chicago's Lake Michigan front. Being Chicago in April, the weather is always unpredictable...and it was freezing. I think it was something like 40 degrees when I left home for the race.

The course has changed from last year. I wasn't a huge fan of the prior course, and I like how the entire race was along the lakefront this year.

Some other positives....wider running lanes, great food afterwards

The only 2 cons....non-dry fit shirt, which isn't a huge deal. The only thing that I didn't like about this race (other than the weather) was that runner's weren't given time updates at every mile. Its hard to keep your pace steady without some type of visual cue, and so I was hoping for that.

But other than my 2 anal concerns....I liked this race, the American Brain Tumor Association raised over $600,000 (so far, please still donate), and over 6000 people participated.