I was a little concerned when the start line was a faint spray painted line and a orange cone, but it turned out the course was very well marked. A nice line of orange cones to follow, cops at every intersection and mile markers with people calling out split times. The worst thing was the weather, cold and rainy. It stopped raining for the race start but a couple miles in it started raining again, so I was soaked and freezing by the time I finished. I got off to a pretty quick start, in fact the first mile eclipsed my fastest mile time from Jan 1st at 12:08. All of my splits were under 13:00 which is crazy, and I hit 3.11 at 38(something). I don't remember the exact time, but would be a 5K PR by a longshot and a sub-40 minute 5K! My splits were 12:08, 12:48, 12:48, 12:32 and 12:34. The first two miles were mostly downhill, a pretty big uphill after mile 2, and then some up and down the rest of the way. Overall a nice course and a great race. Oh, and they called out my name at the finish line, which was nice, although thanks to the rain, there was only about 10 people in the stands of the track. Of course since this is my first 8K it is a PR! And since it's an odd distance, will probably be my only 8K for quite a while.