Get up 9.00 / 10.00 am, have a quiet breakfast, change clothes and go. For me this is a 15 minute drive, so if I leave at 11am, I’ll be there at 11.15am. Get the race number, warm up a bit and be ready to start at 12 noon. We all know this ritual, which is the same for every running event. The only difference with the 5 km is that after an average of 30 minutes (my time: 22 min.) You are ready again.
In the case of the Reeuwijkse plassenloop, there is no shower, so I have to return home for 15 minutes to shower, change clothes.
Calculated a little bit: 12.00 start + 30 minutes race + 20 journey back + 30 minutes Showering and changing = 13.20 ready to do something fun with family or friends.
(If there is a shower, you can save even more time)