Race Reports for Richmond Marathon

Race Reports for Richmond Marathon 2009

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Race rating (3)

Comments: As this is my first stand alone marathon, I have nothing to compare it to except Ironman. Keep that in mind when I say there wasn't enough water support. I don't know what the standard is for marathons, but I would have liked to see water stations at every mile. It's possible there was water at Mile 16, but the volunteers seemed to be only handing out Gummi Bears when I came thru. My wife walked thru 16 after watching me at Mile 15 and said she didn't see any water station, but did see lots of spectators handing out bike bottles of water and bottled water, which leads me to believe that at least, there was a period of time where there was no water at 16. Also, there were what appeared to be random people handing out orange slices on the course. Not sure they were with the race or not. Elevation-wise, this is certainly not a PR type course, but I would imagine there are LOTS more hillier races. Good crowd support. One small hill on otherwise flat final 8 miles. Downhill finish.

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