Edinburgh Winter Run 5k 2023
Edinburgh Winter Run becomes my first repeat race and the race I regret signing up to the most. Uninspiring race, but better t-shirt this time. Why Edinburgh Winter Run I did the Edinburgh Winter Run in 2020 with a bunch of colleagues and had a wonderful time, despite the poor organization of the race. Edinburgh Winter Run 2020 recap With the University subsidizing places again (though I had to pay £12 instead of £6.50 like last time), I signed up immediately, thinking other colleagues might, too. But no. It was just me going solo to pay to run a 5k route that is now a parkrun route, so somewhere I can do a timed run for free any other weekend. I felt silly for signing up and was not looking forward to this race. An empty race The 2020 Winter Run featured long queues to drop off bags and at the finish. The 2023 run was practically empty. I'm not sure if it was because they did staggered start times this year, but even so, I have never seen a race of this scale so empty. I know it