Tuesday: 8m intervals (400, 800, 1200, 1600, 1200, 800, 400)
I was going back and forth with wanting to run the half marathon at Baltimore’s Running Festival- but it’s about a month out from the Philadelphia Marathon i’m training hard for and I can’t risk doing a hard half that close to the marathon. Instead, I was invited to run a 10K at Six Flags America (Upper Marlboro, MD) on Sunday, October 16th.
Im excited about the Roller Coaster Race for a number of reasons:
1) I haven’t raced a 10K since 2013! It’s not a distance i race often, so i’m excited to hopefully update a new PR.
2) With the entry purchase of the 5k or 10k you get a free ticket to the park (good for the day of the race) and free parking! I have wanted to go to Six Flags all summer, but it’s been so humid I haven’t ventured out that way. October sounds like a more enjoyable time to be walking around a theme park. And i’m never going to turn down a post-race funnel cake.
3) If you have friends or family who want to participate, but aren’t runners there is a Roller Coaster Ride challenge they can sign up for. Then they complete a 5k’s worth of roller coasters throughout the day to snag a custom medal!
4) The race starts at 9:30am. Hello beautiful.
Ever run a race through a theme park?
Roller coasters? Love em or leave em?
shesgoingthedistance.com 
08/31/2016 at 11:16 AM
Do they close down the park for the race? Looks awesome.
08/31/2016 at 3:23 PM
From what I can tell the race goes on before the park opens. Since it’s fall the hours are a bit later in the morning!
08/31/2016 at 12:18 PM
Another running blog friend of mine did the Roller Coaster race at Six Flags Great Escape in Lake George NY … here are her recaps (https://darlinrae.com/2016/07/19/roller-coaster-race-recap-part-1-the-run/ and https://darlinrae.com/2016/07/20/roller-coaster-race-recap-part-2-the-ride/).
I think these races sound cool – and I love theme parks anyway (growing up is highly over rated!) But from reading Rachel’s summary and a couple others for that race, planning hydration and fuel and timing are all critical 🙂
Would you believe I have *never* run a 10k? Definitely want to try it – though my push is towards ultras. Lisa and I were doing ’empty nest bucket list’ stuff the other night and that is something I want to plan and work towards over the next two years, with 50 milers next year … hoping the schedule works better for me!
08/31/2016 at 3:23 PM
Good to know! I’ll check out the blog post. I want to do a 50 miler one day in the future, but I’m not in a rush ;).