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Race Reports for Bass Pro Shops Marathon 2009

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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?No
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

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

  • Comments: Things I liked about this race: · I surprisingly didn’t hate the first unscheduled out and back. It was a very nice paved trail system that meandered through mostly forested areas. · The people that did come out to watch the race cheered for everyone. · For the first half of the marathon the aid stations were almost exactly 2 miles apart as advertised. · Nice long sleeved technical shirt for all participants, customized for the race you were running. · Post race food was a very nice spread. · It is relatively close to Little Rock. Things I didn’t like about this race: · The course map provided on the web site in a word sucked. Mileage wasn’t marked on it. It wasn’t to scale. If it hadn’t had turn by turn direction on it so you could look at a real map it would have been useless. The blown up 3’x5’ updated rerouted map they had displayed also didn’t have mileage marked on it. · The out and back on the concrete
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