You have started running regularly. You struggled in the beginning, but as you put in the days, you discover the hidden Kipchoge in you. More walk-run sessions are slowly transitioning into longer stretches of running. You feel you are a couple of months away from your first race, but which race?
How do you find races?
My go-to resource is the Running in the USA website.
It lets you filter by month, region, or specific state, and race distance. Once you find a race close to you or in the city you want to run, look up the race on the site Raceraves. Read race reviews to find out what runners of the previous iteration of the race think about it, focus on what they say about race organization and difficulty.
If you eventually want to run races in various states, Raceraves’ race calendar by month is what you want. Pick the month you want to run and sort by # of reviews to find the most-reviewed races for a given month.
There is no shortage of races in the United States. Get hooked and stay hooked!