February 8th at 8:30AM the Dhaka Triathlon Club (DTC) hosted a 5 and a 10K road race in the Baridhara neighborhood of Dhaka. After a short introduction on the mission of the DTC, 35 runners shot off the starting line to race in the mild winter conditions. Runners ran a loop course (2 laps for the 5K and 4 laps for the 10K) and were responsible for avoiding cars, trucks, rickshaws and CNGs as the course was not closed to traffic. A founder of the DTC paced the lead runners for the first lap so runners could be comfortable with the route. There was a water stop available during the race with splits being called out for each runner. Gatorade was provided after the race as well as chips, bananas and cookies. Awards were given to the top finishers.
Club announcements included: upcoming group training opportunities for the Kuala Lumpur marathon and half marathon at the end of March (more details forthcoming). The next DTC race will be in March and will be posted on this site. Another local race (charity 4K and 8K hosted by the BHC on March 7th) was also announced.
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