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| - This is an event that every running enthusiast should experience. I loved everything about the experience, even running out towards nowhere land after mile 11. Because I was familiar with the course, it really was not that bad. Cool, ideal running weather contributed to an awesome experience.
However, I cannot give this event more than three stars because of the start. It was the worst start ever experienced. The corrals were pointless; if they are not monitored or enforced, there's no use for them. This race, for obvious reasons, attracts the most inexperienced, naive, and ignorant walkers and runners, those who believe that starting in the front will somehow give them a better time. They do not understand the concept of "chip time," so I was forced to deal with those foolish participants for the first 10 miles. I actually had a male couple swear at me because I apparently barged through their romantic walk. So sorry, foolish male couple that you don't understand running etiquette. Slow runners in the middle of the road, walkers prancing hand in hand in the middle and ends of the road, and those in costume who believe that they are entitled to start in a fast corral- you people are the reason I can only give this race 3 stars.
The expo was fantastic and the overall organization was very good considering the high volume of participants. I have no regrets, but until they can enforce and manage a better start or separate the 1/2 marathoners from the full marathoners, I will have to refrain from this race which has so much potential!
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