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Race Reports for MetroPCS Dallas Half Marathon

[1]
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Race rating (3)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Below average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Was surprised that there wasn't any indoor facilities post race. It was drizzling and strong rain predicted so you would think there would be covered space for participants after the race.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Fun race, it was incredibly humid. That had me a little hesitant in the early stages of the run. Can't wait to do this race again next year.
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[3]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?No

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Huge marathon with lots of spectators, music bands, etc to keep you entertained. I did have the misfortune to go into a porta potty that was so gross it will haunt me for the rest of my life. Some things just can't be unseen. Great volunteers. The finish line was too far from food for my liking, but can't have everything. I've heard a few people say that this race was difficult so maybe it wasn't just me struggling.
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[4]
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Race rating (4)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: This is a great event. I have to imagine trying to put on a race for 20,000 is a lot like hearding cats but they always do it well. Nice LS shirts, finishers shirts and medals. I have done this race for the past 6 years (except last year when it was 30 degrees and raining). I will keep doing it. Maybe they will have the same course next year!
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[5]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: This is the Dallas area's biggest race and had almost 20k runners (marathon, half-mary, and relays). Very good race and I will do this again next year!
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[6]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: This was really well organized race. It didn't start exactly on time, but so what! There were over 23,000 participants! It was quite the experience and fun.
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[7]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: I was truly overwhelmed by the kindess that total strangers extended to me. The runners who helped me up and would have stayed longer if I had let them, the police officer who made sure I was taken care of, the lady from the house who brought a bottle of water, the Baylor trainer who taped me up, and the overall volunteer and crowd support were all awesome, and my true takeaways. Instead of feeling defeated, I felt uplifted, grateful, and inspired to give back.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?
  • Plenty of drink stations?

  • Post race activities?
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: The race was great.
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[9]
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Race rating (5)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Good race and I hope to do it again next year. They were very organized and with the exception of the 43F weather, wind, and rain, it would've been great. I plan on doing this race again next year!
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[10]
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Race rating (3)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: The race itself was fine...it was the weather. It was EXTREMELY difficult to find the race office - not so good there.
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[11]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Well run with lots of volunteers.
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[12]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: The start was very well organized. Two minute gaps between corrals was good to keep the first few miles from being too crowded.
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[13]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: This is my 4th White Rock and I will be back next year.
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[14]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: This was my first big race experience (over 20,000 participants between marathon, half-marathon, and relay). Very well organized. Lots of water stations and clear signage. Lots of volunteers; nice entertainment along the way; organized at the end. My Garmin did show me as running 13.3 miles. Don't know if it's that inaccurate that I ran an extra 0.2 miles. Some of it was definitely weaving and not running tangents but seems at least a minute long. I will definitey do this race again next year!
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[15]
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Race rating (5)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Second time at White Rock and it won't be the last.
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[16]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Below average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Post race food was "meh", but at least they had plenty of water, bananas, oranges and chewy bars this year. I heard last year was a cluster "you know what"
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[17]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: It took an hour to cross the starting line because of the corral start.
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[18]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?No
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Below average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Pre-race was fine, post-race was terrible. The post-race lines were insane for simple things like water.
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[19]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Below average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: I like the atmosphere of this race and the expo was great as was the aid stations, but the food and drinks for athletes after were terrible and really lacking.
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[20]
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Race rating (4)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Below average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Okay race. First time on the new course & it was good. Post race food= pathetic.
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[21]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Below average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: the food sucked. The bagels were plain and partially frozen. There was no warm food at all.
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[22]
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Race rating (5)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: White Rock is a huge race! I really enjoyed it this year since we were able to walk from the hotel to the start line and didn't have to park or deal with traffic. Tons of crowds and live music makes this a really fun race, if you don't mind bobbing and weaving around the other 20,000 people on the course.
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[23]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Below average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Overall this is a good race. If you want a HUGE race with lots of runners and spectators, this is it! It's also a relatively easy course (no too many hills!). If you want food and water after the race- this is NOT your race. ;) All they had were cold, dry white bread bagels, bananas, oranges and some kind of mini food bar. Water was hard to find and when I finally got to it (after waiting in a LONG line) it was a sad little Dixie cup filled only 1/2 way. Same for the Gatorade. I can't imagine running a marathon and that being the beverage offering. The course overall was good. I haven't run it previous years though. But I have no complaints about the course I ran this year. After race activities were fine. A band, some beer, and the really long lines for food and sprinkle of water. While I know keeping crowd control for that many runners and spectators must be very hard, they made it really inconvenient for the spectators to watch and find their runners. It took Tim and
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[24]
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Race rating (5)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: For such a large race, it is extremely well run and staffed. The volunteers were plentiful and helpful. I think the only complaint I have is placing the finisher medal and T-shirt stations right at the finish line. Too much congestion. And I cannot forget to give a big thinks to all of the Dallas Police volunteers for keeping the course safe for the runners. Finally, the number of spectators and their support was off the hook! And I only ran the half. I suspect the crowds were just as loud on the marathon course. I recommend this race to anybody, from experience runners to the first time half marathoner. Thank you, White Rock Marathon staff, for another great race.
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[25]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Great race! I've run it the last four years in a row. I'm not a huge fan of the new finishing course for the half marathon, but it was still a great race. Will definitely be running it again next year.
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