2015 Paulina Cooper Dot-to-Dot 10k Saturday, August 29th, 2015 @ 7:30am Corporate Woods Business Park Overland Park, Kansas The first of 3 events in the Heartland 30k series starts with the Paulina Cooper Dot-to-Dot 10k. For runners familiar with events inside Corporate Woods' Business Park (Girls on the Run 5k, the former Jazz in the Woods 5k, this year's CASA Superhero 5k), this course will feel quite familiar. A few hills here and there, it does provide quite the challenge physically, and for 10k participants, it'll provide a psychological challenge with the knowledge you have to run everything twice (the 10k course is two laps of the 5k route). ONWARD! Registration
No Charge for Dot-to-Dot Trot Now until July 26
Friday, August 28 from 12:00 to 6pm
Packet Pick-Up Friday, August 28th, 12:00pm to 6:00pm KC Running Company 4760 W. 135th Street Leawood, Kansas 66224 (packet pick-up is also available on race-day from 6:00-7:00am) Packet pick-up has moved to the KC Running Company standalone store in Leawood, Kansas. If you're going during business hours (and especially at the start, when the lunch rush begins), expect to park further away and walk a bit. Race-Day Parking Race-day parking usually doesn't present too much of an issue for participants -- unless you like to cut it reeeeeal close to start time. The entrances to the business park are tough to get to close to race time, as they are usually blocked off by police (about 15 minutes before the start). Beyond that, parking is pretty simple. The start is in front of building 3 (see map below), so most people like to find parking on the south side of that building. Additional Race Day Information
Course Preview Official 5k Course Map can be found HERE. The route taken for the Dot-to-Dot 10k is a double-lap iteration of a route popular with several 5- and 10k's throughout the year. Girls on the Run 5k uses the single-lap course, as does the former Jazz in the Woods 5k, and this year's CASA Superhero 5k. For the Paulina Cooper Dot-to-Dot, both a 5k and 10k are offered. The 5k route is covered in this course preview, as the 10k is just two laps. Doing the 10k (like me)? Just double everything. Here are the basics for the 2015 10k route...
Of the three 10k's in the Heartland 30k series, this sits comfortably in the middle for total elevation gain. There is an average of about 65 feet of elevation gain per mile, so obviously nowhere near something like Broadway Bridge (I think about 120ft gain per mile).
Two main climbs adorn the route, (each climbed twice if you're doing the 10k). The Farley Street hill (climbs #1/3) always feels the most tortuous to runners given the length of the climb, though the Benson Drive Turnaround actually poses more overall elevation gain and a steeper grade. Here's a run-down of the two main climbs on-route...
The remainder of the course is relatively flat, though after the first lap, those climbs do start to wear on the legs. Competitive runners will quickly grab a good placing out of the gate, just in time for the first climb up the Benson Drive Turnaround on the Southeast corner of the route. Usually by the turnaround, the top 15 spots are set. Then runners should sit in and hold off attacks until the last climb up Farley Street Hill, where any attacks will crush the souls who can't match. That's all I got for now! It's good to be back doing previews. Heartland Heat Triathlon coming soon!! Keep R/B/S-ing. -tds ~~__o _-/<,_ @/ @
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