Giant Race 5-Mile & 5k

This year was a bit disappointing. I’ve completed all 5 years and they’ve been pretty organized until this year.
I did the 5 mile and the organizers didn’t seem to care about a large group who finished around the 1:20 mark. We had to ask cops which way to go as there were no guides for the last mile, NO medals and nobody was handing out water. Apparently they only cared about the 5K folks and anyone who finished in 15 min.
Turns out, after about 10 min of standing around, a box of medals was left in SF. Just disappointing.
The shirts are another thing. Why bother asking for our size, only to run out? The race was also short by .3 or .4 of a mile. I remember last year the route was a true 5 miles. Not this year.

You’re from Orange County, Craig. Isn’t a 6-​hour drive to San Jose a little much to simply run a 5-​mile or 5K?
Yes, it is.
And it isn’t, for many reasons…
First, if you’re a die-​hard San Francisco Giants fan, there’d be no question: you’d be there, just as many, many others were, dressed proudly in orange and ready to run. (The San Jose Giants, by the way, are the San Francisco Giants’ farm team.) Registering for San Jose’s Great Race, now in its 4^th year, you’d not only receive free tickets for the SJ Giants’ evening game, you’d not only collect a custom SFG World Champions replica ring, but you’d also be able to take your picture with SFG’s 2010, 2012, and 2014 World Champions Trophies! So that’s a pretty cool reason to run.
Second, by running both San Jose’s and San Francisco’s Giant Races (any distance), you’ll be handed the «Turn Two Award»: a Runner’s Armband/​Phone Case, the San Jose Giants logo and San Francisco Giants 2014 World Champions logo on the side.
And third, there’s the 2015 Three Bagger Award! I want this! You must finish both San Jose and San Francisco, and your third race is your choice: the 2016 Scottsdale Giant Race (SFG’s spring training camp in Arizona), or Sacramento Training Run on 7÷12÷15. I’ll be traveling to Arizona! Then the Three Bagger will be mine: a super sparkly mega medal commemorating not only the three Giant Races, but also the three-​time World Champions on the field.
No, I’m not a huge Giants fan. But my pops is, and so are my nephews. (I guess that makes me a fan by association.) Nevertheless, I am a medals fan, and I love running. So to answer your question, whether or not driving six hours out of my way is a bit excessive… Well, I got another sweet medal, didn’t I? =]