RACE: Lexus LaceUp Irvine

DATE: October 17, 2015

DISTANCES: 10K/5K

LOCATION: Irvine, CA (Mike Ward Community Park)

START TIME: 8:00am 5K/ 8:10 10K

WEATHER AT START: 70 degrees

FINISHERS:

• 10K- 229
• 5K-  480

Tie those running shoes for the first stop on the Lexus LaceUp 2015 race series. The series also includes races in Ventura (Oct. 24th), Palos Verdes (Nov. 14th) and Riverside (Dec. 6th). The Irvine race was a little different than the others in the series in that it offered only 10K/5K distances, whereas the other races also include the half marathon.

The fact that racers were only running 10K or 5K didn’t seem to dim anyone’s spirits, as a festive bunch of runners gathered in the park on a Saturday morning for fun jaunt around Irvine. Read the rest of this entry →