The Big Chill is a charity race held on the College Ave campus of Rutgers in New Brunswick every December. Every racer (this year there were over 3,700 racers!) must bring a toy for a child. The sponsorship of the race also donated thousands of dollars to the families of underprivileged children. It is the 2nd biggest race in NJ even after 5 short years of being established.
The race was a 5k that went from college ave through the campus, to the local park and back. The weather was very appropriate at 27 degrees with a wind chill of 17 (The Big Chill!). Oh yeah, and it was at 9am. Nice and early! My team registered just under 20 runners, and must of them ran better times than I. Your truly, ran 5 Kilometers or 3.2 miles in 24:36 mins. That's a rough average of just under 8mins a mile. The timing was not the most accurate considering it took a few minutes to move over 3,000 runners out of my way, so I could get a move on! I feel my time would have been closer to 23mins, but my goal was under 25mins, so I can't complain to much (however, a few of my teammates finished under 20mins!). My official rank was 300th place. Sounds crappy until you remember that over 3,700 runners were involved. I'll take top 10%.
The race was a 5k that went from college ave through the campus, to the local park and back. The weather was very appropriate at 27 degrees with a wind chill of 17 (The Big Chill!). Oh yeah, and it was at 9am. Nice and early! My team registered just under 20 runners, and must of them ran better times than I. Your truly, ran 5 Kilometers or 3.2 miles in 24:36 mins. That's a rough average of just under 8mins a mile. The timing was not the most accurate considering it took a few minutes to move over 3,000 runners out of my way, so I could get a move on! I feel my time would have been closer to 23mins, but my goal was under 25mins, so I can't complain to much (however, a few of my teammates finished under 20mins!). My official rank was 300th place. Sounds crappy until you remember that over 3,700 runners were involved. I'll take top 10%.
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