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Race Reports for Illinois Half Marathon

[1]
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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: Very nice race, would definitely do it again
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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: Great race and great race experience unfortunately not my best performance though. Was really hoping to PR today but was not able to.
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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 a great course. If you want to Boston qualify this is a nice flat course for the most part with only a few "hills" thrown in there. Lots of volunteers and plenty of aid stations and entertainment/support along the way. They have been doing a great job for five years now it seems. I plan on racing again next year...maybe the full.
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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: Love this race and the post race activities. 1 free beer for runners at the beer tent on our way out. First race in Newtons too. Loved them. They are working very well for me.
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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: Had a blast and if I have time for it next year I'll be doing the half marathon!
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[6]
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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: Love the Illinois Marathon weekend. The 5k was wall organized on Friday night as was the Half Marathon Saturday morning. Awesome course that is completely flat which makes for an easy run. Hoping to come back next year for Full 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: Only my 2nd Half Marathon so I think I made some bad decisions late in the race in regards to too much energy gel use. Will not make this mistake again. Overall race went pretty well. Was able to finish 2 minutes faster than my first Half which I ran 5 weeks prior. Course itself was good. Mostly flat. Lots of water and gatorade stops. Lots of fans and volunteers cheering you on. Definetly a race I would do again next year. Not sure if I will opt to run 5K the night before though and go for I-challenge again. I do feel that my legs were a bit fatigued from running 5K the night before the Half.
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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: 10K time: 52:55 Gender Place: 386/3695 41 Year Olds: 8/76 Pace: 8.40 Had soreness after the race. Left ankle is swollen and slightly bruised. Can hardly walk on it. Not sure what happened to make it that way. Update later after doctor.....
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[9]
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Race rating (5)
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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: Great place to run a flat course. Lots of drink stations and volunteers. Very well organized!
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[10]
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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? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: This is definately a course I would want to tackle again - depending on when our 70.3 is next year, I may do the full here. A early 70.3 and I will do Chicago Mary instead. I think I could do 1:55 on this course on a decent 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: This was very well run for the innagural edition. Only a few minor things that could have been better, but all the big important stuff was extremely well done. And the volunteer support was amazing! What a turnout all along the course, not just in the parts that passed through campus, but all along the neighborhoods we ran through were people out lining the streets and cheering. Definitely a Class A race and one that I want to come back and race again!
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