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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can anyone tell me more about Zooma races? Are they well organized? How's the mood? What cities/races have you done by them?

I'm liking the idea of a women's only race... [/quote]

I'm PP who did the Zooma Annapolis Half in 2014. It was my largest race by far so I don't have a real point of comparison, but I can say that while it felt large it also didn't (plenty of space in the starting facilities, no real bottlenecks at the starting line, etc). I read the 2013 race was a mess (mostly unclear signage) - they rectified that for 2014. Technically I believe men can sign up but the race was overwhelmingly women. Everyone was friendly. I didn't do the Expo or "after party" so can't really comment. But I was happy with my experience as a fairly new runner.[/quote]

New poster here...were there a lot of "Woo Girls" there?
It seems that when I've run or read reviews of other women-focused races (Princess half at Disney, or the "Diva" series, for example), a lot of women are there more for the dress up, hang out with the girls, and generally yell out and cheer a lot.   It's all about running (or more accurately, walking) in tutus and tiaras kind of thing.   I'd love to run a women-focused race, where the runners are more serious about running.    Is Zooma like that?[/quote]

Lololol at "woo girls!" No, i don't think I saw any tiaras, a couple of tutus but not many. A lot of mother/daughter pairs and Mons on the Run but they weren't "woo-ish" about it. Just t-shirts and some of them ran in pairs. A lot of 30s-40s...so a lot of women like me. Also, I'm really slow (11-12 min mile) and while I was obviously near the back I didn't feel slow or dead-last or anything (I think I finished approx 700 out of 800).[/quote]

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