Comments: The Suffolk County Half Marathon is a No-Frills race: no spectators (I saw maybe six on the actual course), only water at the water stations (no gatorade or gels), no bands playing, it's as basic as basic gets --- and that's what I loved about it. The course is uber flat - maybe a half dozen gentle inclines and declines; there is some wind (I've heard horror stories about the wind on this course, but to be perfectly honest it was not windy this morning, and the wind was a factor only a few times). So if you want to set a PR, if you want to get in a really fast-paced training run, this is your race.
The race was also executed extremely well: the gun went off, no kidding, at exactly 9AM to the second; there were lots and lots of digital mile display splits (almost every mile); a lot of the Cops did cheer us on; lots of water stops -- I felt like the race was designed for a PR.
I'm going to label the Suffolk County Half Marathon a "Purists Half Marathon". My kind of race.
Comments: Best to treat it like a training run with 366 friends. Flat, boring, no spectators.. but very cheap and fun to run in an organzed event as opposed to around my house.
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