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Race Reports for Boston Marathon 2011

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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: Fantastic event, start to finish. First class, like an Ironman. It's an experience I rank very highly among my favorites.
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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: Absolutely the best. I still haven't stayed in the city, opting to stay near the start, in Milford. I probably miss out on a bit of the fanfare and vibe surrounding the event, but I just figure I want to save my energy for the run. I take an 8:15 shuttle to Hopkinton and it only takes about 10-15 minutes to get to the high school. For the first time, I was able to wait out the race start in a hosted house about a block away from the start. I still haven't had to spend much, if any, time in the Athlete's Village.
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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:

  • Comments: It's Boston...what else is there to say. There's so much information available online and in print about the race and the course, that there's no excuse not to go in well informed and prepared. In the end, if you have a chance to race Boston, you do it. At least that's my two cents.
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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: Boston Marathon...what can you say...best race experience I've had thus far...the people and the atmosphere make the race
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

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

  • Comments: Ok so course was very challenging, the fans were amazing running with the big boys was a dream come true. But a tent or a heater at the beginning of the race and something to eat at the end other than 1 baegel and a gator aid would have been nice. I know they had 26k people, but they really skimped on some basic necessities. The local kids run has better post race food and activities. It is a famous race, I am glad I went, they skimped on some really important things. I wish I knew I would have no shelter for 4 hours prerace and that the temp would be 30 degrees colder than the forcast was when I packed. How not to do Boston, now I know. A rematch is definately in order. At least I passed 700+ people who didn't pass me back at the end. Fond memories, could have been a really perfect day with a tent for prerace. But now I know.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

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

  • Comments: if you get the chance to run this or even to just go out and watch this, do it. it is an experience worth doing at least one time!!!
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

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

  • Comments: We came here and I was certain that it would be my first and last Boston. I am so honored to have run the Boston marathon but in the back of my mind now, I really want to go back and crush the last 3 miles of that race!!! I should have booked my room before we left!!! :)
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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: Great to be part of this awesome event filled with history and challenges.
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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: Too hard

  • Comments: Last Boston. After 2 bad ones and 1 great one I can put it to bed. Now on to New York and the rest of the Worlds.
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