. "1"^^ . "4"^^ . "0"^^ . . "1"^^ . "2010-01-29T00:00:00"^^ . "Wow! Great race, absolutely perfect weather, slight incline towards the end, well organized, and LOTS of people. I think they claim they're the largest half-marathon in the US? I wouldn't be surprised.\n\nYou know it is a big race when the Marathon and 1/2 Marathon take *completely* separate courses. Also, being a \"Rock n Roll\" sponsored event, they had bands/cheer squads for BOTH races. Now that is a race.\n\nThe bathroom lines were horrendously long but moved at a pretty quick pace. I think they had every port-a-potty from Arizona and New Mexico at the race.\n\nThis is a great early season race to really show how well your winter training has progressed. I'm using it as prep for the LA Marathon in March.\n\nSpongebob Awesomeness: If you looked closely at the starting line... yep, that was none other than John McCain waving and cheering people on."^^ . .