Projo Running Blog

If you were the one who had been training to have your best time this is not a trivial matter as one of the administartors make it out to be....where were the volunteers?

I agree with "Runner's" comment. This isn't a trivial matter and I can't help but feel that CVS and the race director are pinning this error on the runners themselves! This is my 3rd year running the CVS 5k, yet if this were my first, how would I know if I'm heading in the right direction or not? Wouldn't most first-timers be looking to a racing official to steer them down the correct course? Most of us who had run the course before just assummed that CVS had decided to reverse the route when we made the left onto Memorial off of Francis Street. What's worse is that Wave 2 (my wave) made it all the way to Exchange Terrace off of Memorial Boulevard before we were told that we had gone the wrong way. In the end, what upsets me most is that for me, and undoubtedly many others, the results of running the CVS 5k validates all of my hard work and training -and in a sense, serves as a reward. Sadly, that exciting personal accomplishment will never-be due to something as simple as having inadequate representation of racing officials/volunteers throughout the course. You would think that something as large and popular as the CVS Downtown 5k would have it together enough to to make sure the event that draws the largest crowd and serves as the main purpose for the day's festivities is thoroughly organized.