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Race Reports for BayState 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? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: This is the 3rd time I've done this race. Maybe next year the full??
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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: Maybe next year return for the full marathon???? stay tuned :)
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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: First half mary. Happy tht I didn't have to walk. Official time = 2:20:14 My watch = 2:18:57 Also didn't like the fact that the 1/2 mary racers didn't get to cross the starting mat.
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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: I did it! I ran 13.1 miles in 2:06:46. My pace was a 9:41 mile - that sounds slow but I was actually shooting for a 10:00 pace. I beat my pace by almost 20 seconds per mile. I think the course helped me. It was extremely flat. I finished 595th out of 805. Within my age group I finished 117th out of 143. Again, not impressive but I am still very happy with my performance. The course was a double loop. We started in front of Lowell High School and ran parallel to the Merrimack River. The weather could not have been better. It was the first sunny day in weeks. The temperature was very comfortable. The river was so high from all the flooding that it was actually on the road at some points. I found myself looking at the river and being in awe of the power of the river. We crossed the Rourke Bridge and ran down the "Boulevard" towards the UMass campus. At the end, we got to run the warning track at the Lowell Spinner's field (Red Sox AA team) and cross homeplate as we finished. My dad
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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: This is a nice course- and a good set up for ease for racers- getting to the site, the venue itself, parking, post race shower & food.Also fun to watch the marathon once in. For me- this was a benchmark - Thanks to c2fd 's "coaching"reached goal of sub-2 - now have a good "start point" to improve upon. New lessons learned- as always-! Had a great day.
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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: Excellent race. Awesome volunteers! Favorite was Spider man zapping everyone that went by. Photos thanks to JimRhoades.com and coolrunning.com
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Race rating (4)
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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: I'll be back next year!
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