Mermaid Run East Bay - 5K, 10K, 1/2 Marathon, 18M
Fremont, CA
Official Website : http://www.mermaidseries.com/#!__east-bay
Date : May 7, 2011
Race Type : Running
Race Distance : 5K 10K Half Marathon, 18M, mini mermaid 1.5 girls run
Race Description: Many of our Mermaids have conquered their first 5k, 10k and Half Marathon with us and now we've got a new challenge. Her name is Sirena18. The perfect stepping stone to a full marathon, the Sirena18 mile distance will premier at our May 7th run.
Make it a Mother's Day tradition as we celebrate with a fun and healthy run. The run is virtually flat making it an ideal course to kick up your heels and enjoy the sights.
1 Reviews for Mermaid Run East Bay - 5K, 10K, 1/2 Marathon, 18M
Once again Team Mermaid put on a great event. I don't normally pay to do 5Ks, but I am terribly out of shape after having a baby and needed some women racing motivation... Mermaid always does the job. The course is quite beautiful considering you're in Silicon Valley. The bike path runs along the lower SF Bay through pretty fields and along a golf course. The average participant isn't there to break any records or PR, rather to run with girlfriends, daughters, and just to break a sweat.
Cool thing about Mermaid events is the fun vibe, pancake breakfast, super cool finisher shirts and necklaces, and the awesome swag bag from Overland, which is my new snazzy diaper bag. The cons are that they always seems to be running off schedule, race started late again, which threw off my morning because I needed to leave ASAP once it was over, and the other can is again the utter lack of restrooms. You can't do a race with like 1,500 women and have 5-10 portapoties, you need 20! But those are small complaint when compared to the awesomeness of Mermaid.