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Race Reports for Houston Marathon 2009

[1]
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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: This is without a doubt the most well-organized and executed race that I have run. From the expo, start/finish area, parking, course, volunteers,...and the Houston fans--absolutely outstanding! If you want to see what a well-executed big event looks like, you owe it to yourself to run Houston. The race goodies are nice too (race t-shirt, finisher tech shirt, finisher medal, finisher beer mug, post race hot food, etc.).
[2]
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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: Let's do it again...
[3]
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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: Really good race organization and layout to handle such a large number of people. A very good idea to put portacans right in the start corrals. Lots of crowds on the course, great volunteers, and sponsors. Shop @ HEB! It's pretty neat to be a part of a big-city event like this. If I ever do it again, I'm going to slow down even more and really enjoy it. Why does every race have to be so hard?
[4]
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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? Below average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Great martthon. BIG...lots of people. Hard to do too much with 20,000 runners.
[5]
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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: I couldn't imagine a better experience for a first marathon. It was simply awesome.
[6]
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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: This is a great race. I will do at least the half ever year.
[7]
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Race rating (1)
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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: Too hard

  • Comments: The volunteers were great. THANK YOU!!! Where there were spectators, they were full of enthusiasm. We also had our names on our bibs, so we were encouraged often.
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