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Race Reports for Medtronic Twin Cities 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: This race is always amazing. Well run and beautiful scenery. Too bad the weather was so lousy.
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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 an awesome race. If anyone is ever thinking about coming to the Twin Cities to do this race, don't think twice. Just do it. Tons of volunteers. And the people of the Cities turn out amazingly. I never had a minute where I didn't have someone cheering for me.
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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'm glad I went. I had a good time with family and I still finished another marathon even if it was miserable! Signs were great as usual. I saw two girls wearing shirts that said, "Run like the Hunger Games just started!" on the back. Then there was a guy running barefoot and the back of his shirt said, "Be happy, last time I forgot my shorts!"
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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: Great spectator support and great volunteers! Definitely had a great time out there!
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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: Too hard

  • Comments: 1st marathon so I'm happy that I did it, however very difficult physically and mentally the final 8 miles.
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[6]
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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. Can't imagine it being organized better.
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[7]
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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 great race, certainly ought to be on everyone's list of must-do marathons in the US. If you're looking for your 50 states or whatever then come do this one! Super organized (31 years running), tons of volunteers and you're never anywhere on the course without crowd support. Literally, you can't run more than 30 feet without fans cheering.
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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: unlucky getting sick the week of the race :(
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[9]
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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: Need more portapotties early on. At least 2 if not 3 times as many. People were running into the woods. Spectators make the race fun.
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[10]
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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: Just thrilled with this race. I never hit the wall and I never was tempted to walk.
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[11]
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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: Some of the volunteers where handing out banana halves and orange slices at various parts of the race. It was so nice to have something else in my stomach besides gels and chews. I had to laugh at some of the different signs that people came up with. Some of my faviorate were: 26.2 miles? I thought you said 2.62 miles! A guy dancing around in a pink cardboard computer with writing on the screen: C://26.2 miles….. Does not compute… Does not compute… Does not compute… Your almost there….well not really! Marathon is for the insane, that’s why I’m standing here! I loved how the water/fluid stations were organized. Each station was comprised of six tables; three for Poweraid and three for water. At each table there was on volunteer on the outside filling cups, a second volunteer was on the other side and handing cups to a third volunteer who in turn handed the cups to the runners. The end result was that no one had to wait at any station for the drink of their choice.
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[12]
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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: My biggest complaint that wasn't in my control, was that I didn't get the finishers shirt in my size. I know this happens a lot in smaller races, but come on Twin Cities in Motion! I paid a lot of money, and I made the 6:15:00 cut off time and I registered MONTHS in advance with my size of shirt requested. How is it possible that it wasn't available to me if you take the tags off peoples bibs and give them the size that they ordered that you wouldn't have enough? Urgh - I know it's dumb, but after running that long and so much pain, I was irked.
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[13]
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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: had a blast, will definitely be back next year!
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[14]
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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: My legs hurt more than from anything I've ever done.
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[15]
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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: I really like this race. Will be back to run with my wife next year for her first marathon.
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[16]
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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: I love this race. The weather was awesome too!
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[17]
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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 fantastic race and is extremely well-organized. I think I am spoiled now. There didn't seem to be a single step of this course that didn't have spectators. In many places the spectators were lining both sides of the road. The signs were funny and inspiring. The volunteers were plentiful and fantastic.
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[18]
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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: This was a great event. I will not do it next year due to IM training but plan on hitting it up again in the future.
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[19]
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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: I wish I could give this course its due by properly describing what it felt like to first run through downtown Minneapolis and then transition to running along the many lakes and through all the trees with their changing colors. The course is beautiful and the weather was cool, but not cold once you start running, which for me is about perfect.
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[20]
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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: Too hard

  • Comments: I've not done many other marathons, but this is a clock-work event, highly recommended.
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[21]
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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: The overall organization and course of this event was absolutely amazing. There were so many spectators and they were awesome to have along the entire route. Thanks to everyone who was out there cheering people on!
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[22]
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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: Awesome, awesome race. I would highly recommend this marathon and if I ever plan on repeating one, this would be high up on the list. Missed my BQ, but you know what? I don't care. It was a huge 22 minute PR!
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[23]
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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: A bit difficult after doing IRONMAN WISCONSIN just 3 weeks prior.
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[24]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: Good race. I look forward to doing another one on proper training and good build-up milage. I actually feel good enough to entertain thoughts of doing Whistlestop next weekend. All ready commited to something else so I guess that is my cop out.
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[25]
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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: GREAT RACE!!! if there was no rain it would have made for a perfect race!
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