A little bit of a delay with this race recap but a few weekends ago it was off to Stoughton, Massachusetts to run the Once a Knight Always a Knight 5K. This race is held in memory of four high school students from Stoughton who were tragically killed in a car accident and funds raised from the 5K support youth activities in town sponsored by the Stoughton Recreation Department.

The race takes place on the town’s school campus where both the high school and other schools are located and runners remain on campus for the entire race. The race takes you quickly through the parking lot before you make your way onto a crushed stone path for a bit and then head onto a grass section of the course. Runners make 4 laps on the crushed stone and grass section before heading back quickly into the parking lot to make your way to the finish line. I haven’t run on grass in a while so that was an unique addition but the course was precisely laid out to ensure runners hit the 3.1 miles before heading into the finishing chute.

Post-race water and bananas were provided by the local Ikea store.

I finished the Once a Knight Always a Knight 5K with a time of 25:59 good for 8:22/miles.