BolderBoulder

Finally an event title that fits with my blog.. yay.. my first race in America, the BolderBoulder 10k. Took me 64 minutes to complete it, quite proud of myself actually..haha..the first race where everything went smoothly, no leg pain and I managed to finish strong! We started at 29th street mall and finished at Folsom Stadium.

Waiting for the flag off.

Inside CU's Folsom Stadium

Anyway, this event is considered one of the biggest 10k races in America, around 50000 people sign up each year, from pro runners who only need half an hour to finish to people who walk with their whole family for 2 hours. After the race there's a short memorial day thing where people remember military members. There were supposed to be a few skydivers landing into the stadium carrying the american flag but it was too windy that morning so they had to cancel.

This plane was flying around the whole morning. Dunno what the fella advertising.

BolderBoulder is unique in a way that when you run there'll be people playing music or dancing or performing whatever they want to throughout the whole trail so you won't need your mp3 player, its never quiet. And when we ran through neighborhoods there are people sitting outside their houses watching the race, some people do a barbecue and offer food to runners, I saw people giving bacon, marshmallows, cupcakes and even beer.

While waiting for everyone else, these people did some damn cun flips and acrobatics.

And then there's the runners themselves, macam macam these people. When I ran I saw captain america, LMFAO's party rock people, people in tutus, clowns, a gorilla and the best one i think is a group of people dressed up in lego costumes. Nah, watch this 2 minutes video to get a glimpse of the race.

If there's one thing I can complain about is that there's no Milo van at the end of the race.. haha.. instead we got a goody bag filled with all sorts of funny funny energy bar kind of thing, but atleast its something right? Need to join more races lah after this, maybe an obstacle course next.. just like high school last time.

Live Bolder. Run Boulder.