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Race Reports for Napa Valley Marathon

[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 was the perfect first marathon for me. It is a well organized, small race (2300 runners) that has so many personal touches. The volunteers were amazing and really gave you the feeling that they actually wanted to be there instead of the 'I just need to get my community service in' attitude you sometimes find. The course is beautiful. The one-on-one post race attention made me feel special :) I thought the volunteer might take me all the way to the car! Overall a great experience.
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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? Below average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: overall, great race, but some things needed some work: t-shirts only available in mens sizes (doesn't effect me) t-shirt design is a grape vine, not very macho + it was a tech long sleeve expo was ok, nothing special AWESOME free backpack or duffel for you to choose aide stations every 2-2.5 miles (barely enough) 10 minute free massage ++++
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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: Great course, smaller race of 2300 (which I love), beautiful venue and weather.
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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 an awesome boutique destination race...stay a few days after like we did and tour the wine country. The people are quite friendly, scenery even in the rain is beautiful, size of race is just right (about 2300 runners). I highly recommend this one.
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[5]
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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: Well, I did this Marathon at the behest of some good friends who convinced my wife and I we'd have a great time of it in Napa for the weekend. So, I signed-up and figured I'd "incorporate it" as a training run...kind of a "C"-race I suppose. Turns out, neither Tom nor Sue (our friends) ended up running--Tom had a 3-week bout with bronchitis in the month before the race, and Sue couldn't train due to work overload. So, I ran it with my cousin, Alfred, a Team-in-Training disciple, who just happened to be running his first Marathon. So coming out of my Winter (Nov/Dec) Break and looking at my logs (which I'm GLAD I didn't check before the race), I only ran a total of 101 miles in January and 47 miles in February (though, I must add swim & bike to the total equation). Not enough running no matter how you add it up. Nevertheless, its a beautiful run course (Napa's Silverado Trail), pretty well supported, and well organized. The finish chute is kind of contrived into a narrow area
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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, well run, with lots and lots of smiling volunteers. The hills make it a little more challenging than your "run of the mill" 26.2 miler, but the scenery makes it all worthwhile.
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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: Lots of fun. Nice course, nice organization
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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? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: This is the largest race I have participated in (approximatly 2,000 runners). The organizers did a great job, on everything from the Expo to the finish line, they thought of everything. The CHP did a fantastic job of traffic control, and everything (as far as I could see) went off without a hitch (in spite of the nasty weather).
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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? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Well organized, no complaints. 2,051 registered runners, only 1,438 finishers within the cut off 5.5 hrs
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