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Race Reports for Skunk Cabbage Classic Half Marathon

[1]
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Race rating (4)
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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 like this race and the course (rollers and all). It's Ithaca in spring so the weather is always hit or miss - part of the fun though! The first water stop was extremely disorganized and not prepared so it might be a good idea carry water. Also, not much food left for slower runners - I think the 10K folks really cleaned it out. Overall a good start to the spring racing season with easy logistics.
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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 really like this course. The medal was cute too - they didn't have medals in the past. I think if it were hot, I might consider carrying water. The cups at the water stops weren't very big and didn't bend very well making it tough to get enough water in. They also need more water right at the finish - there were a few jugs and cups but there were too many people around them to get to them.
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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: I enjoy doing this race. There are always plenty voluteers out on the course. Road tend to have a pretty good crown to them which some people don't like but I haven't had a problem with. They added a Saturday registration and race number pick up which made the crowd a lot less on Sunday morning. Also moved the location for race day registration to the inside track which gave a lot more space. Both of these were good improvements. Two criticisms: There was no water at the finish line. Had to go looking for it. Also, they ran out of gatorade at the finish very early (still had over 300 runners on the course) and were only serving water which was WARM!! No water by the food after the race which was a hassle. I don't remember this being an issue last year.
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Race rating (4)
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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: This is a great local race with over 800 people participating in the two distances. Drink stations on the course were a little too spread out for me although I only utilized 2 of them. Post race food/drink was a little light...only water to drink and an assortment of cookies, fruit and bagles (but nothing to put on the bagles---peanut butter ran out very early). Massages were being offered after the race but I didn't participate. Overall, it is a very good race. Well organized and the volunteers do a great job on the course.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

  • 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 running community in the Ithaca, NY area. Some fantastic athletes. Also a 10k that morning and the national level guys came out for it. Gusting winds at time that stood everybody up. Tucked and drafted as best I could.
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Race rating (4)
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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 think there could be a few more water stations and at least 1 porta-john. ;)
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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: Nothing thrilled me about this race. It was a $15 entry fee and I CAN say on the bright side it was nice that we had timing chips.
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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: there were a couple spots that i think traffic control was lacking, this was odd as in the past years there have been ample volunteers. also the cold bottled water was gone by the time the half got up to the refreshments. (the 10k took it all) overall it was a good race though.
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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: This is a great race, especially with the weather we had today. Weather can kill the mood of this race as it can be fridgid with blowing snow one year and sunny and 65 the next. There could have been a few more water stations, they were spread out every 3 miles or so. Overall I love this race and will keep coming back for more!!
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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 wildly exceeded the goal that I had set for this race, and wonder what my time could have been if I was 100% healthy. Now hopefully my hamstring will cooperate and recuperate quickly.
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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?No

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

  • Comments: Great race that I would recommend to anyone although the weather in Ithaca, NY the first week in April is very unpredictable to say the least.
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Race rating (4)
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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 really liked the run but I am not sure if I would have liked it on a cold and wet day. I like coruses with some hills because I feel that I better with them. I really enjoyed running the race with bstocks (who BTW had an awesome time). Really felt good after the race but I was not really tired.
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