I also had reservations about the Sugar Daddy Race because it is not cheap. With that price, I figured it was along main roads, or they will closing down Los Angeles to run this race. I got an extra-large which was fine enough.
Moving onβ¦. Santa Clarita is roughly 75 minutes from our house, and we left around The Sugar Daddy Races started early to beat the heat, but Santa Clarita is about degrees cooler than the Mojave Desert, so everything beats the heat for us. I picked up my bib and tried to use the bathroom, but they had four porta potties for the entire race.
I then decided just to go warm up along the bike path. While running around, I passed the Sugar Daddy Race half marathon and 10k race starts. I could see how the bike path could get crowded. I saw some runners unable to pass and bikers getting lost in the congestion.
The Sugar Daddy Race 5k started right at am. In the first mile, I found myself running next to another female. I was able to keep up with her as we went uphill but she surged and left me going down. I felt challenged as one does in a 5k. Mile 2 of the Sugar Daddy Race 5k was challenging, and we continued along the gradual uphill. There were a few short downhills and back-uphill sections as we went under the roads. My watch said I was going , and honestly, I believed that too.
I felt so tired. When we got to the turnaround and went back to the start, I realized we had been going uphill the entire time. I hit mile 2 of the Sugar Daddy Race 5k in , and I was happy to still be under 7 minutes. So I guess I did have one.
