No Limits at Saturday's Lookin' Good 5K/10K
Well, then again, there might be if you are doing the 5K!
Houston Running Bloggers' Erica Smith began to panic as she read the race instructions last weekend after she went to Luke's Locker on W. Gray to register for this Saturday's event put on by the Houston Eye Associates Foundation.
Here's what she wrote in her blog:
"I went to Luke's Locker to sign up for the Lookin' Good 10k. I paid my fee, got my t-shirt and packet and left.
"At a red light, I was reading the race instructions.
"There is a time limit on the 10k! And the time limit is 60 minutes!!! If I pushed myself, I could probably do it in 70 minutes, but I'm not willing to go that fast and it's still past the time limit.
"So, I have two choices. I can either switch to the 5K, or not do the run and run with TNT instead. Considering I already have the t-shirt, I'm thinking about swallowing my pride and running the 5K."
Thanks to Monica Shak, Executive Director of the Houston Eye Associates Foundation, Erica will be able to run as fast as she is trained for and not have to swallow her pride!
"We appreciate you bringing this to our attention. We apologize for the confusion, this was a typing error and we meant it in regards to the 5K.
"There will not be a time limit for the 10K race, all runners will be allowed to finish the race. We will correct this mistake and have an adjusted instruction sheet available at our next Packet Pick-Up, which is this Thursday.
"Please pass this information along to your club members and feel free to contact me with any other questions."
The Lookin' Good 5K and 10K has long been a staple of the Houston running community -- this year's event is the 21st annual -- and we appreciate Monica responding so quickly.
Run hard, run fast and look good doing it!
Houston Running Bloggers' Erica Smith began to panic as she read the race instructions last weekend after she went to Luke's Locker on W. Gray to register for this Saturday's event put on by the Houston Eye Associates Foundation.
Here's what she wrote in her blog:
"I went to Luke's Locker to sign up for the Lookin' Good 10k. I paid my fee, got my t-shirt and packet and left.
"At a red light, I was reading the race instructions.
"There is a time limit on the 10k! And the time limit is 60 minutes!!! If I pushed myself, I could probably do it in 70 minutes, but I'm not willing to go that fast and it's still past the time limit.
"So, I have two choices. I can either switch to the 5K, or not do the run and run with TNT instead. Considering I already have the t-shirt, I'm thinking about swallowing my pride and running the 5K."
Thanks to Monica Shak, Executive Director of the Houston Eye Associates Foundation, Erica will be able to run as fast as she is trained for and not have to swallow her pride!
"We appreciate you bringing this to our attention. We apologize for the confusion, this was a typing error and we meant it in regards to the 5K.
"There will not be a time limit for the 10K race, all runners will be allowed to finish the race. We will correct this mistake and have an adjusted instruction sheet available at our next Packet Pick-Up, which is this Thursday.
"Please pass this information along to your club members and feel free to contact me with any other questions."
The Lookin' Good 5K and 10K has long been a staple of the Houston running community -- this year's event is the 21st annual -- and we appreciate Monica responding so quickly.
Run hard, run fast and look good doing it!
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