Nike Human Race, Buckeyes

Nike sponsored a set of 10K races, held in cities across the world, called the "Nike Human Race."  Columbus, Ohio was chosen, and the race was held on Ohio State University's campus.   About 3,500 people raced in Columbus.   World wide, runners from over ninty nine countries participated.

Every race participnt wore the same shirt, a free Nike dri-fit shirt given by Nike.   The shirt had the runners number on it, in place of the traditional bib attached with safety pins.  There were no RFIDs given out - in fact - there were no clocks on our course!  Runners were permitted to report their times to Nike, and the top times are listed on Nike's website.

The race was more about participation than time taken to complete the course.  You could chose to run a 5K or a 10K - the race course split at mile 2.5.

The total number of miles for all Buckeyes participating was tallied up and compared to University of Southern California runners, which also held the Nike race on their campus.

I took a few photos during the "The Human Race 10K" on Ohio State University's campus.  The starting line was at Hagerty Hall on College Road.

Crowd gathering at starting line.

Photo of starting line.

The 5K/10K course split.

The finish line!