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Race Reports for Lincoln National Guard Half Marathon

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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: Race was awesome with lots of support. I normally run the full and that experience is 10x better. I'm used to almost being alone at the finishing chute with my name being called and me being on the stadium big screen. This time, people were finishing literally 1-3/second because I only did the half which is way more popular (~9000 vs 2000). It's a popular race for a reason though. This is the first all out HM. I did as well as I could hope. I do think I could be a few minutes faster though, under ideal conditions (no injury and a real tapper). Garmin log: https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/764020615
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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: Just right

  • Comments: Dad, Mom & Thomas came out about 6 different spots. That was fun, Dad even ran a bit with us (a short distance). My headband came off just a short distance from the curve around the stadium, and when I went back, I could see it about to be trampled. I did not have enough energy to even consider going back for it. Oh well. I kinda thought I would throw up, even though there was nothing in my stomach. There are so many people at the end, you can't even pass anyway so we didn't try to sprint to the end which probably helped. The end is the worst, we always get stuck in the tunnel and can't keep moving. Also, they were serving soup from Zoup-so it smelled gross! Overall though, we felt pretty great and this was a lot of fun! :)
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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: Great race. Well supported. People cheering you on the ENTIRE course. The community really comes out and supports this race. The four of us who did this race all agreed we would gladly come back and do this race again.
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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: Afterwards we went down Normal Blvd to cheer on the full marathon runners. They looked miserable but we had fun screaming out the windows. My knees hurt a LOT within a couple hours, still hurt the next day. Mid-back is sore next day. Got a 90-minute massage with Becky. Always take the next day off work! :) Run was super fun staying with Dan & MacKenzie the whole way. We did awesome and didn't train near as much as we thought we should. I guess we are all in great shape from all the cross training we do. I've been doing jump rope & stairs 30 mins every week, teaching Turbo Kick regularly and 2 cycling classes a week. All that paid off in the end!
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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: Already looking forward to next year. Hopefully injury free so we can beat our time :) Train harder! Don't stress, this year seemed stressful with teaching the marathon training class.
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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: Wave start= slow start, felt like we waited around FOREVER, but part of the reason was I was running slow, so I started further back than in the past.
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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: Just right

  • Comments: One thing that was irritating was that at packet pick up there were soooo many people and no clearly marked lines. It was confusing and took forever. Other than that the pasta dinner was great, there were lots and lots of volunteers and like 10 tables spread out for every drink station so there were plenty of drinks and tons of volunteers. The entire city came out to see this race and it was fun. I also liked having our names on our bibs, that was pretty cool.
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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: Liked running into the stadium. Wish I could have seen I was on screen when rolling toward the finish.
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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: SO much fun! Definitely loved running with MacKenzie & Nick. It was great to have friends there, plus lots of people I knew on the sidelines. I mean LOTS!! We had a great pace and it was a ton of fun. I was very sore afterward, and my right knee was in pain for another day. My left foot was already slightly bruised but it is doing well a week later. Legs were sore for 2 days. Feeling great now, wish I could have gotten a massage sooner, but did have a pedicure on Monday which felt great! Ready to get back to the exercise routine now. Glad I was teaching power pump once a week, it probably helped my training. GREAT TIME and looking forward to next year.
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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: Just right

  • Comments: Excellent Half-Marathon - Well run, great fans, nice route.
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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: Fun race, well put together and organized.
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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? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Lincoln is a great mid sized town race. For the size of the race, there are great volunteers and the whole running is perfect. From having drinks with lids and straws down to the helpfulness of the volunteers, this is a must do for people in the midwest.
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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: Good race, had fun.
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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: Just right

  • Comments: This was an excellent race and I hope to do it next year. Note to self - No activities the day before the race! And get lots of sleep next time, duh!
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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: Just right

  • Comments: Very organized, very professional, and great attitudes all around...Lots of people along the way to cheer you on. The weather couldn't have been much better, started off around 50 degrees and slightly overcast. Dry air for easy breathing, and just a light breeze, high in the low 70's, but was done running around 9am.
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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: Wonderful race, beautiful weather, and a picture perfect day!
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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: There were some people complaining about the narrow trail paths, but it didn't bother me this year or in the past. I suppose that may be one reason they are limiting the registrations to 6000.
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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: Just right

  • Comments: Good race. Glad to overcome recent injury and set a PR.
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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 improved on my first marathon time by 23:38...not bad, but I think I can do better!
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[20]
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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: Just right

  • Comments: Well organized. Nice gifts (two shirts, medal, certificate and meal)
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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? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Really a great race, and known to be. They tried to limit to 5,000 racers, but got so many complaints they had to open up 200 more slots. Only criticism is that maybe its getting too big for the paths.
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