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Over Labor Day weekend, I<br />
was traveling to Minneapolis for<br />
a family get-together. I searched<br />
online for a race on Sunday or<br />
Monday. I found the Victory<br />
Labor Day Races sponsored by<br />
the Minneapolis Distance <strong>Running</strong><br />
Association. The Labor Day<br />
Races are a 10K starting at 8:00<br />
a.m., a 5K starting at 9:30 a.m.<br />
and a Victory Lap Kids 1/2 mile<br />
fun run at 10:15 a.m. The race<br />
times are separated so that runners<br />
can compete in both races if<br />
they wish. Prizes are given for<br />
the 10K, the 5K and the combined<br />
15K. I decided to run the<br />
10K (my first) because running<br />
the 5K would cut into family<br />
time.<br />
The 10K course is an outand-back<br />
course which is described<br />
as “head west until the<br />
flagpole, then turn south to the<br />
turn-around.” I was hoping for<br />
a course map as I like to know<br />
where I’ll be running, but there<br />
was no map provided. I never<br />
did see the flagpole that signaled<br />
16 <strong>In</strong> Passing ● November/December 2010 ● secondwindrunningclub.org<br />
IN PASSING<br />
Victory Labor Day 10K<br />
By Donna Avery<br />
our turn south. Of course, I<br />
wasn’t in the lead, so I just followed<br />
the others in front of me.<br />
The race course was about 1½<br />
miles west followed by 1½ miles<br />
south and back to the start.<br />
On race day, the temperatures<br />
were in the mid 60s—a beautiful<br />
morning for a run. There<br />
were split times at the 1 mile/5<br />
mile points and aid at about the<br />
1½ mile/4½ mile. The course<br />
was on a wide, tree-lined street<br />
with greenway on both sides. I<br />
think it was the flattest course I<br />
have ever run. The only negative<br />
aspect of the race was the number<br />
of mosquitoes before the start.<br />
If you didn’t keep moving, you<br />
would get bit.<br />
After the race, the neighborhood<br />
was having a party so at the<br />
finish there were the usual bananas<br />
and drinks for the runners, and<br />
a neighborhood group provided<br />
hot dogs, chips and lemonade<br />
for runners and spectators. We<br />
did not join in the neighborhood<br />
party. <strong>In</strong>stead we headed to my<br />
Donna Avery running the Victory<br />
Labor Day 10K<br />
brother’s home where he served<br />
up a delicious breakfast of eggs,<br />
French toast and mango.<br />
The 10K had 468 finishers,<br />
the 5K had 335 finishers and 71<br />
runners competed in both races.<br />
It was a well-run race on a lovely<br />
course and I’ll run it again if I<br />
find myself in Minneapolis on<br />
Labor Day.
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