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Race Reports for Rock 'n' Roll San Antonio Marathon 2008

[1]
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  • Organised?No
  • Events on time?No

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

  • Post race activities? Bad
  • Overall course based on my ability: Too hard

  • Comments: Race was entirely too large of a field (33,000+), too small of an expo area, too small of a start area, too small of a finish area, too few shuttles to take runners from parking to/from start/finish area, course was entirely too many sharp turns, water breaks were inappropriately stationed right before or after turns causing hazardous footing, some water stations actually had put ICE in the drinks (that made not only drinking dangerous, but all that ice dumped out on the road made footing treacherous), road surface outside of city was horribly rough, etc. etc. This is a for-profit group that puts on these Rock and Roll series races, and they showed their greed on this one. Will NEVER do it again, and would advise everyone to steer clear, as there are MUCH better organized marathons out there (Houston, anyone?).
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  • Organised?No
  • 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: This was an inaugural race and honestly after this experience I am not sure I'd do another inaugural race in the future. The race itself was decent, there was adequate drinks when I went through all the stations, but the "preferred parking" option was a DISASTER. We've done quite a few of these elite races and left more time than usual for the bus and we still missed the start by at least half an hour, and there were many people in line behind us, who I am sure were very very late to start. I'd give the race a couple of years to work out the kinks and issues before I'd do it again.
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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: This was the inaugural race and there were a few hiccups. The shuttle at the start was a mess and the finish line was too crowded. Other than that, it was a typical Rock n Roll race. I really liked this course and would run it again.
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  • Organised?
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  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

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  • Comments: The race itself and the course were great. The pre and post race organization were weak. The lines were terrible. I don't think everyone made it to the start in time b/c they required we park off site and shuttle to the start line. Because of this, the lines to get to parking and then to the shuttles were crazy. I got to the start about an hour later than planned. Same goes for the finish..it took me about 3 hours of waiting in lines to get to my car after the race. Ouch. I would definitely do this race again if they work out some of the pre/post race logistics, Or I would just get a cab.
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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: good innagural Rock and Roll M
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