Judging by the forum posts I'm looking at runners are very serious about this and I don't feel like being subjected to smug ire from classist elitist assholes. The course in question is 95% public sidewalks and I'll be damned if I'm going to pay $75 for a t-shirt, a number, and some snacks (in other words I don't intend to partake in any of them) and I don't even care about placing.

Maybe if I email the organizers and beg they'll give me a fake number so I don't get bullied or something I don't know. Has anyone done this before?

Edit: Thanks everyone you've been very helpful <3 I'm going to email the organizers and try to get a deal and if that doesn't work I'm going to just go for it. Maybe throw in $5 if theres a donation.

  • UrsineApathy [undecided, any]
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    3 months ago

    To add to this, just make sure to add a long run day once a week before your rest day that's like 70-80% of your target race distance, so 7-8K, and that's basically a standard race training schedule. Work you way up to this distance at first of course so you don't hurt yourself, but you're definitely a lot farther on your training than you think you are.