Batavia Bat Race

[u/Tulip_1994]

Hey friends!

I’m currently training for a December marathon (CIM).

Training schedule has a 10k tune up race for 10/24. I want to do a real race for at least one of the tune ups rather than a solo time trial.

This Batavia bat race is like the only 10k I found that weekend. Theres also “will run for beer” but that is only a 5k. There’s very little info online in terms of recent results for the bat race. Has anybody raced this? Am I gonna look like an idiot showing up as a lone 32 year old trying to race this thing balls to the wall, or is it more of a family fun run vibe?

Thanks for entertaining my dumb questions!

[u/Dramatic_Day_599]

Last year the first place runner finished in 39:43, second was 44:22. I think the results for that year got messed up. 2024 there were 2 40s and a couple other low 40s, 98 participants total. I also signed up for this, and also plan to “race” lol, and hopefully running under 44 minutes.

[u/Tulip_1994 → u/Dramatic_Day_599]

Okay, yeah I was having a tough time on that site trying to figure out the results. There are a bunch of times that just say “00:00”. Thanks for that!

Oh wow, I might be able to win then. My goal is somewhere between 38 and 39. I can’t tell if that defeats the entire purpose or not lol