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Race Reports for Detroit Free Press Marathon

[1]
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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: training cycle went fine under 3 months before the race when work jumped up to 80 hour weeks and I stopped training.
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  • Organised?
  • Events on time?

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

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

  • Comments: DNS - due to shin splints
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[3]
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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: This race is a little crowded for me. I prefer to go into the zone and this is all about bands at ever corner, lots of hooting and hollering. Great for some athletes but not my style. I would only do this as a "fun" race again, probably the half.
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[4]
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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: More porta johns would have helped. There were also some areas up the bridge that were tight and we needed to walk.
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[5]
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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: Awesome race venue. Plenty of volunteers and heavily organized.
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[6]
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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: The post race activities right there in the chute were disappointing, but I did not stick around for the larger post-race party There were a lot of fluid stations!
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[7]
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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: The enjoyment running this course override all the poor mistake I made. The scenic of the course is like going through the last few years of my life. I enjoy every moment of it. the cheer crowd, the course, all the runners who run with me, the volunteer at the aid stations, the bridge, the feeling of going home crossing the Canada border, the river side that I used to run everyday, the tunnel, rencen, cobo hall, the cheering crew along the way, downtown, belle isle, waterfront... seeing the local cheering in front of the urban ruin make me feel more attached to Detroit. It is a wonderful experience. Best part, my wife put the medal on my neck when the race is over! (She volunteer at the finish line!)
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[8]
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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? Bad
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Although beating my personal best by 15 seconds in 30 degree weather is nothing to scoff at.
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[9]
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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: too crowd and a bit lack of organization. But considering 18000 people racing on a fixed width course, I think its doing very well.
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[10]
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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: They started the half marathon 5 min after marathon and walkers created log jams in construction zones, did not effect me, half marathoners did not like this.
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[11]
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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? Bad
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: The course was nice, but there was NO food on course, only water/gatorade and one gu station. Post race food was a bagel, apple, and water. Pretty pathetic from that aspect. Volunteers were great and there were BIG, major roads blocked off with tons of police to monitor traffic.
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[12]
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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:

  • Comments: The race itself was great. Felt the start area was bit chaotic (the fact that there were numerous non-athletes in the runners only area did not help--I couldn't actually get into my start coral until the race had already started). People of Detroit/Windsor were wonderful and the volunteers were great. If I had a complaint, it would be that there were not enough bathrooms at the start and on the course.
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  • Organised?
  • Events on time?

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

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

  • Comments: I pretty much died at the half way point...this was an awful race.
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[14]
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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? Bad
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Great race, great crowd, great fan support, great course, great finish...horrible post race...
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[15]
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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: The biggest disappoint for an event of this stature was the lack of post race food. A small bag of potato chips and a granola bar. Water and gatorade were handed out in cups.
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[16]
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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?
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Very fun race. Beautiful course.
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[17]
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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 race gets a 5 from me. The Organizers in Detroit have hit a home run. I highly recommend this race.
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[18]
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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: This was my first half-marathon. I have already told myself I am doing another half and a full next year. Very pleasurable experience.
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[19]
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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. I'll be back for a half next year with my girls.
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