I will also be doing the Crim for the first time this year. How has your training been?

The CRIM is a fun race with awesome fan support. You'll have plenty of aid stations, though sometimes the volunteers are a little slow and you'll have to stop to get your drink, or pass until the next one.Only 1 hill in the first 4.5 miles and then you hit the Bradley Hills..... nothing tough for good runners I am sure, but they kill me every year! After Bradley, the course is kinda rolling but nothing huge.

IMO, the best parking sport is behind the City Hall/Police/Fire complex which is located on E 7th Street and Saginaw. If you get off on the Saginaw St Exit from I-69, head north and you will turn right just after the Pawn Shop and Gas Station. There are 2 parking lots back there. Plus, you are only about .5 or .75 miles from the start line.

Not sure if I am running it this year. Coming off an injury and have only run a 5 miler so far. Might just show up and run/walk just because it is so much fun.

quote:<HR>Originally posted by RunForOranges:
Thanks for the info!

Are the Bradley hills pretty steep, then? I did the Run Thru **** last weekend, and it had quite a few hills, but none that were too horrible, pretty gradual inclines. <HR>

The Crim hills are nowhere near as challenging as ****.

The one year we did get decent weather for both races, I was about a minute faster at Crim (57:hi vs 56:mid).

Run Thru **** seems to get better weather though earlier in the month. Last year I did well there, completely tanked at Crim, then ran low-54 for the last 10 miles of a 20-miler a week later. Go figure. After that I vowed never to run it again.

Good luck though, better fan support than most MI races.

Anyone also doing the Milford 30K on Labor Day? I am a little nervous about that one, too, but have heard that it's a really good training run for the Free Press, which is what I am working towards.

quote:<HR>Originally posted by kommish77:
I am not a great runner, 90ish minutes for the CRIM, so the Bradleys do take a toll on me. Most decent runners like Andy probably don't even notice them.<HR>

Trust me, I felt them, especially when it's 100% humidity! But I went to college in Da UP so I am more used to hills than some.

quote:<HR>Originally posted by kommish77:
Ahh... I miss Da UP eh. Were you at Northern or LSSU? I was stationed at KI Sawyer (Gwinn, near Marquette) for 3 years and loved it! Would move back there in a heartbeat... other than the fact that there are no jobs and my family didn't like it.<HR>

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