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Race Reports for LIVESTRONG Austin Marathon 2006

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Comments: We get to Austin late or the expo because my frends are tards. So we head to the expo and get our packs - I was a little dissapointed by the expo, but no worries. I think Whiterock is a better race in terms of the even't aspect of the thing, but still, most of the Mary was downhill, so whaat's to complain about? One of our group wanted to go to Run Gear to try to get a Jacket as the pickings were pretty slim so we rolled to run gear. Run gear did not have any jackets and looked at us like we were idiots, so to put them in their place we bought ridiculously overpriced rain and cold gear from them. That 'el show em.

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Race rating (4)

Comments: This is a really great race, despite my own experience. There were plenty of volunteers and well-stocked water stops and the post-race spread was really good. They had the same stuff outside that I had in the DC finisher's area, I just didn't have to wait on line! The delay in the start time was due to the freezing rain we had overnight, so they pushed back the start time by 30 minutes. It wasn't due to the organizers. It was hard to enjoy the rest of the finish area because it was just so cold.

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Race rating (5)

Comments: Race started 30 minutes late due to ice on roads. Problem with chip timing, the "official time is now my stop watch time.

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