Looking for an Easter bunny - "Easter run"

Looking through the list of races for the month of April, my attention was immediately drawn to "Easter run" in Kharkiv. And he became interested in him because one of his distances was 30 km. First, I have never managed to run more than 25 km (25 km during Kyiv Ultramarathon, 24 km during Wild North Way). Secondly, in the middle of May I was going to run my first full marathon, so I really wanted to try something bigger than 21 and 25 km. before the marathon starts. Without any hesitation, I included a 30 km race in my marathon program. but I was eagerly awaiting this race - I was curious to know what I would feel and how I would do after the 26th kilometer. In addition, it was a good opportunity to visit Kharkiv again.

Registration

So I didn't want to pull with registration - I registered on sportevent.com.ua and became one of the participants of "Easter run". The thirty-kilometer route consisted of 10 laps of 3 km. The route was partly asphalted (the beginning and end of each lap) and a dirt road.

Road

When I took the train tickets, I realized that I had "slept" - there was no ticket, so I had to take a bus from Kiev to Kharkiv. It took about seven hours.

Run

The starting point was set up near a good local bike park and park area near the Spitz downtown. I picked up my starter pack right away on the day of the race at the start town. The start of the race was scheduled for 9 o'clock, but there was a small incident - the organizers forgot about the chips, the same start had to be postponed. But I was not surprised - it was organized for the first time, so my impressions of it have not changed. Before the start, as always, a small warm-up, followed by the start of the participants for 1 mile.

All others started at the same time, extending them in the length of the circle: for 5 and 10 km it was 2.5 km, and for anyone who ran 21 and 30 km. - 3 km. In my case it was necessary to try 10 pounds. The track was very, very nice. Half of the circle was in an easy-to-run park area, the other half was an asphalt bike path just outside the park. In our problem areas were volunteers who were creating runners in the right direction and executing bans.

The hydration station was waiting for us after each lap, that is, located near the starting point. At first, running was easy: the first two laps went unnoticed. The first hydration point I used after 6 km, in the following circles began to run for water every time I ran near it.

Outside the park, running was very important because of the incredible heat, in addition, all parts of the route go through a small climb, which I went through a bit, doing hydration at the point, like what happened. In total, it was interesting for more than 2-3 circles - they survived several times and all subsequent circles were over the machine gun. After 24 kilometers, I met a pleasant cyclist. Then he shared his water with me,which, apparently noting, was very common over time: I didn't have a driver, I could only point to the hydraulic points. So, overcoming the colors around the circle, I gradually reached the finish line, at least the greatest distance.

Impression

This race has left in my memory good and pleasant emotions, even in spite of the small delay of the start - in relation to all the cases that happened to me on the Ukrainian races, it seems a trifle. The main goal of both the race and the organizers fulfilled: in addition to the good impressions and mood that gave the event, the race gave me the opportunity to test my strength before the first marathon in mid-May. So to celebrate Easter I went happy happy.