First off, what an amazing community event! Very well organized and very easy to get to! Got to the Oncenter parking garage in 15 minutes from the Super 8, and everything is right there! So simple! As for the race, the weather definitely had a say today and it was definitely hotter than my body was acclimated for. So I was 5 minutes slower than my time at New Bedford a month ago, but I’d say this was just as good an effort, if not better. My best 5k was at the end, mostly the flattest part but also the coolest because the city buildings provide the only shade we got today. Definitely some great races ahead, and temperatures like this won’t bother me in a month. My only complaint about the race was the water stops were cheapskates filling up the cups, which was a big deal on a day like today. This is definitely a race worth making the trip to do again!