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Race Reports for Rockford Half Marathon

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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: Good race.
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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: REALLY good race!! I was very impressed with organization. Parking was close to the start/finish too, which was a huge plus. Much more desirable to me to do a smaller race this well organized than go down to the city, near me (Chicago), and participate in a large race with limited parking and deal with traffic.
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Race rating (3)
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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: Nothing exceptional, a good race though. They could have put the water on ice since it was really warm at the finish and I was looking for something ice cold!
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Race rating (3)
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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: Good race but not too many spectators. The fact that the course is a bit long is kind of stupid too. I think they do it because the marathon starts at the same time and they can only have one finish line and they pry base it on the marathon distance so the half is a bit off. Just kind of sucks, though....
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[5]
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Race rating (4)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

  • 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 the first year for this race (or, at least, the first time in over 20 years that they put it on) and they did an OUTSTANDING job. The course was well-marked, had tons of water stops and lots of volunteers everywhere. The goody bag had a ton of stuff in it, and the post-race food was abundant. They had a live band playing -- and they were dang good! -- but it was a little cold for me to stick around. Oh - and they also had 2 different groups set up for stretching/massages, which meant that the line wasn't 20 people deep. Perhaps the only thing I would change (though it didn't affect me), is that they did not offer race day packet pickup. With the field only being around 1000, they probably could have supported that. Nicely done, Rockford! I'll come back for this one. Though I didn't, it's a good PR course, too.
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Race rating (3)
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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: 1st year of this race and they had 1400 athletes so I think they did a good job!
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