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Race Reports for Dismal Swamp Stomp Half Marathon

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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?No

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

  • Comments: Boring band that played way too loud. They gave you a food ticket that only got you 2 slices of pizza. You also had 2 beer tickets for a really good local brewey. Also, got 3rd in my AG. But in the official results I got pushed down to 4th because of the Ainsley's Angel push chair division. Apparently one of the pusher is in my AG and finished with a better time than me. Didn't realize I was racing them because they are listed in a different division, plus they start 1 minute in front of everyone else.
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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: Post race food: Dominos Pizza? Greasy pizza... Really? I had some but it was rough going down... No fruit at all, I was really wanting a banana or oranges, even a bagel.
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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: Good race. Well organized.
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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 race to set a PB at. Race is fast out and back.
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  • Comments: Good race, nice shirt and a very nice course. Not a lot of crowd support since it is an old closed road. The only downside is there was not much food at the end, some very small bananas and a small part of a sub. I stopped at Popeyes on the way home.
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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: I think the drink stations needed to be spread differently, not enough on the 2nd half of the race.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: Think that they could have had a bit more water stops. Was pretty warm and they had a few people taken by EMS. But can never predict how warm it will be in April.
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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: I was told that at least 5 runners went out by EMS because of the heat. I saw one lady hooked up to the AED but don't know if she was shocked or it was a precaution. It was pretty warm but the weather here has been all over the map for temperature lately so no one has really accomodated to the warmer weather yet. There were water/gatorade stops at miles 2, 4, 6, and 8 with Accel gel handed out at mile 6 so I think a lot of people weren't hydrated enough for the heat and my Gu/water plan kept me humming along. I'll have to thank my friend at the gym who suggested that to me. She does marathons that way all the time without any problem. Works for me too :)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

  • Post race activities?
  • Overall course based on my ability: Too easy

  • Comments: Good first year race. Although, I am not sure how they would handle crowds any larger. I will try to do this race again as it is so close to home and a flat, fast track.
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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 really enjoyed this race and will probably do it again, I was worried that the course would feel crowded with it being on an old 2 lane road, but it was fine, parking for the race was a bit slow, but we got to the race and parked in pleanty of time, I thought they did a good job with this race
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