![]() It was so fun to be running across the bridge. Once we were actually able to start, the race was about as great as I remembered it. ![]() I was annoyed we had to wait an extra 15 minutes, but I would have been especially pissed if I got there super early and then had to wait an extra half hour just to start. So I don't know what went on at the race start but it was so horribly unorganized. My friend's mom who was supposed to start at 7:45 wasn't able to start until 8:15. We eventually made our way to the start line and were able to start with a group at 8:45. But there were still tons of people waiting to start. That was supposed to be our wave, and we were supposedly the "last" wave according to the website. We waited some more and then eventually another wave went off at 8:30. We heard the 8:15 wave go off, and we were still no where near the start line. Because the bridge is only so wide, this race is really strict about leaving 15 minutes in between waves.Įventually race organizers sent tons more people over and the whole concept of waiting in a line was thrown out and it was sort of a mad surge to get into the starting area. So we got into the back of it, figuring it was all the people in the 8:15 wave waiting to start. There was an incredibly long line of people waiting to get into the corrals. Our shuttle dropped us off at the starting area around 8, which still left of us plenty of time for one more bathroom run and to make our way to the start line.Īnd this is where things got really bad. Our wave wasn't scheduled to start until 8:30, so I wasn't too worried that we were running a bit behind schedule. We were finally settled on our bus at 7:36 a.m. We waited in line for a while to go through security that ensured we had a race bib and a mask. We used the porta-potties, and then got in the back of the massive line of people also waiting to board shuttles. about 30 minutes before our instructions said we needed to be on a shuttle. We got into the parking lot around 7 a.m. This is where things started to go wrong when it came to race logistics. The morning started early with a drive out to Navy's football stadium where we would board shuttles to the start line at the base of the east-bound span of the bridge. I had a great time in that race and was excited to run across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge again. I had done this same run back in 2015, when it was called the Across the Bay 10K and was managed by a different race company. It was our first in-person race since the pandemic started, and I was so excited to be racing again. On Sunday morning, my mom and I ran the 2021 Bay Bridge Run 10K.
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