The Cudahy 10 Mile, or NOT!

Through my struggles I had kept my eye on the next “race”, the Cudahy 10 Miler, held each year on the last Sunday in July. … Except this year.

It was the evening of Saturday, July 29.  Cat and I had gotten all our running gear ready for the early race on Sunday morning.  We would have to get up and out early to make the 35-minute drive to the race to make the early start.  One last thing, I wanted to check the start time one more time.  I thought it was at 7:30.   I scanned the registration confirmation, I could not see a time of day, just a date at the top:  Saturday, July 29, 2023.  Funny, wonder why they have today’s date on the registration confirmation.  I checked the race website.  Huh.  That has today’s date also.  Oh oh.  I looked at a few other sites, they all referenced Saturday, July 29, as the race day.  But that’s wrong, it’s tomorrow, July 30!

 

Finally, I went looking to see if there were any race results.  Sure enough, the race was held this morning, Saturday, July 29.  I was in shock.  The registration fee for Cat and I was not negligible, I guess I just made a large donation to the Badgerland Striders.

 

I texted my friend, Bob, with whom I had run this event several times in the last decade.  Did he know? Did he run this morning?  Nope.  He was shocked too.  We suspect several long-time participants were also shocked when they showed up to an empty start line on Sunday.

 

Bob, Cat and I met at the Milwaukee Lakefront at 7:30 am on Sunday instead.  Bob and I ran an easy 10 miles while Cat covered 5 miles.  It was a beautiful day by the Lakefront, and the coffee at our favorite coffee shop afterwards tasted great.  C’est la vie, we made the best out of our mistake, which was our failure to note the stated date instead of assuming it was on Sunday.

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