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10 reviews for Brea 8K Classic
10 reviews in English
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Review from Jennifer A.
Pomona, CA
2/27/2012
This year was my first time running the Brea 8K and I had so much fun!
Packet pick up was fast and easy, but I would still recommend getting there a little early because you might want to go back to your car to drop everything off. I am hardly a runner, but the 5 miles just flew by! Fortunately, I wasn't last and even set a new PR! And it's a good thing I burned a few calories because there was a LOT of food at the finish. Pizza, tacos, ice cream, smoothies... YUM!
Looking forward to coming back next year with my dog. -
Review from Jason V.
Brea, CA
2/27/2012
This is a fantastically fun family run! The new course this year was much easier than in previous years which allowed extremely competitive race times and more to finish the race. Can you believe the leader won this race by running 5 miles in just over 25 minutes. He was on mile 4 when I was passing mile 2, these guys and gals are so quick.
Brea does a great job of bringing together the residents of the city and surrounding areas, it really has that small town feel to it.
In addition to the adult race, they also have a kids run too. Of course everyone is welcome to enter the costume contest, winners where chosen with the best costume.
Afterward you can get a taste of Brea's variety of foods. Many local restaurants come out to support the runners and give out FREE food to the participants. What's better than having ice cream at 9am? -
Review from Amy K.
Sunday was my fifth year running the Brea 8K, and it was also the race's 20th anniversary. A big draw of this event, besides the unusual distance, it the amazing food court set up in the parking lot post-race. For the 20th anniversary, the race director promised even more food than in previous years. Plus chip timing. But let's face it, everyone was there for the food.
The course is definitely hilly, with uphills in the second and third miles, followed by a nice downhill in the fourth mile. I'm not the strongest uphill runner, but I didn't worry about people passing me since I knew I would make up the time on the downhill, especially since I've been practicing running downhills in preparation for Boston next month. Thank you, Runner's World Boston Marathon plan! I definitely flew by a lot of people who had passed me earlier in the race. My goal was to break 40 minutes, and I made it in a time of 39:05.
Okay, enough about running, let's talk food! I skipped my customary cool down so I wouldn't miss out on any of the eats. I had lemonade, Caesar salad, pizza, taco with chips and salsa, a smoothie, pizza from a second restaurant, and chocolate fondue. The chocolate fondue was definitely my favorite. There were other things to eat, too, but I had to choose wisely since I wasn't terribly hungry and it was only 9:00 in the morning.
The Brea 8K is definitely fun! I'm sure I'll be there again next year along with my running club buddies.Listed in: Go Outside and Get Some…
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2/24/2008 First to Review
Despite the rain this morning, the Brea 8k was a really good race. This was my second year… Read more »
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Review from Pete S.
2/22/2009
I love this race! It wasn't one of those races that you had to get up when the owls are sleeping. The race starts at 8am and you can do same day registration for only $5 more. But if you are an early bird like me, it's only $25. I love these small time events, I just hope the Brea 8K stays this way. I actually parked at the same lot as the exhibitors. Even though I stayed a bit later, manage to score a few more goodies
What was good:
Meeting up with Yelpers Amy K, Take T, Erica C, Frank K, Steph W, AJ K, Henry H.
Eating more calories than you burn from Jamba Juice (small drink), Hot Dog on a Stick (lemonade), Cabo Grill (tacos), Fuze (health drinks), The Melting Pot (chocolate cake &strawberry), Tacos and Co (tacos of course), Pasta Bravo (spaghetti and lasagna and they gave out expired coupons? WTF?), Claim Jumpers (cake) and CPK (salad) . I didn't see Cinnabon. Oh, thank you Ralphs for supplying the water.
Cost was only $25.
What was not so good:
The cops that just stands there. Seriously, someone give them a broom
The course cones that are placed in the narrow roads.
They were a bit unorganized at the finish line since it wasn't chip timing.
When you see little kids pass you by and they are wearing hi-tops.
I would totally do this again! It was a fun run, just enough to get your heart pumpin'. -
Review from Candy K.
Brea, CA
8/14/2011
I have run 5 marathons and several half marathons and some 10k in my life, this is the best experience for running life for me.
This is so much fun and I will run next year with my family! -
Review from henry h.
3/18/2009
This was a fun 8k run. i think that works out to 4.6ish mile. the registration was cheap, there was a good bag with t-shirt and a lot of food provided by local restaurants afterwards. the course started and finished at the brea mall and had some small inclines. the only drawback is i wish this was a chipped run but i can't really complain since the fee was only $25. oh the best part was i met my first group of yelpers (Amy K, Take T, Erica C, Frank K, Steph W, AJ K & Pete S).
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Review from Dez D.
Irvine, CA
2/2/2010
Last year it was wet as heck - hopefully this year it won't be. Its a nice in between 5 and 10k run. Its fairly flat street running although from driving in the area i thought it was completely flat and after running it a few times the rolling grade inclines seemed more noticeable but nonetheless its a nice little flat run and the food turnout at the finish in the mall parking lot is usually pretty good.
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Review from Chris T.
Long Beach, CA
3/1/2010
This was my first Brea 8k and it sure was the finest finish line I have ever experienced. The weather was perfect this year, mostly sunny, not too cold and not too hot. There were some gentle hills, and one major one I think they called Heartrate Hill that made up the course. CPK, BJ's, Rubio's, The Melting Pot, The Olive Garden, Claim Jumper, Hot Dog on a Stick, and Jamba Juice were just some of the restaurants that provided a little something to eat or drink. At the end of it all, I was stuffed and got to take home extra bottles of water and fruit. Thank you Sprouts, for providing plastic bags to carry the stuff home in. At only $25, I'd definitely do this run again.
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Review from Susy N.
Long Beach, CA
3/7/2010
This was my first race. i didn't think I was going to make it after working the nite before till 11:00 and got up @ 6:30am got ther early enough to get my bib and shirt and take a team picture after completing the race I had to go to work aint dat some shit and man was I in pain!! shin splints i didnt even know what that was before the race.one thing it did need more would had been More WATER STATIONS!! and dispite all the set backs I had a great time a lil nerves with all the cops around I mean really!!
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Review from Steph H.
2/23/2009
A nice little community-organized run that's long on fun and short on hassles. There's plenty of parking in the Brea Mall lots, and same-day race packet pickup's always nice. It's a pretty cheap event at $25, and you get a t-shirt, goody bag (with a $5 coupon to A Snail's Pace running stores, my fave), and lots of food supplied by local restaurants. Which I didn't really take advantage of because by the time I got into the food area there were long lines everywhere and I didn't feel like waiting around. But I definitely want to do it again next year and I'll know to make a beeline for the food area as soon as I'm done! The course is a bit hillier than what I'm used to, but not too bad. It does give you an extra sense of accomplishment, I think. Don't count on a giant crowd of the good people of Brea standing along the course cheering you on--most people are still in bed or getting very annoyed trying to turn in/out of driveways and whatnot waiting for all the racers to go by. Saw a lot of Yelpers out there, which was great--hope to see all of you again next year! On my way out I saw the kids doing their little 1k or whatever, running around the parking lot; that was pretty cute.
