Race recap: Ugly Sweater Run 5k

After the Mustache Dache and post-race festivities, Pat and I headed to the Ugly Sweater Run at Griffith Park in Beaverton. She had texted some of her friends at the Ugly Sweater Run to let them know we were running late, but apparently the race started 15 minutes late. When we arrived, I did a quick change into my "ugly sweater" (I don't actually have one and didn't want to buy one, so I wore my Burton faux-sweater printed long sleeve tech shirt), but we kept our mustaches and Mustache Dache medals on! Although we were given hats as part of our entry fee, we didn't wear them since it would be pretty hot.

The race was already well underway by the time we crossed the starting line. Since the race wasn't timed, we were just trying to get an extra 5k in, and support Toys for Tots! It's an out and back course, everyone could see Pat and I running by ourselves to catch up. People cheered for us though, which was nice! The atmosphere was fun and friendly. Parts of the course were a little crowded, but people quickly moved out of the way. The worst part of the actual course was that there was only one available restroom on the entire course (plenty at the start/finish though!). 

At the finish, lines for hot cocoa were long, and the lines to get into the beer garden were RIDICULOUSLY long. No one wanted to wait (except me haha) so we left after I bought a Bro-Dog and a cookie (I was hungry!).

I liked the course, the entry fee was inexpensive since I got a deal on Groupon for $20, and the Ugly Sweater Run hat is fun and different. But it was kind of a bummer that it wasn't chip timed, that there weren't more bathrooms on the course, and that the lines were so long for beer (please have more people checking ID's!!!). While I might consider doing this race if they changed up a few things, if it conflicts with another race, I'm not sure I'd register for Ugly Sweater Run again.