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Race Reports for Atlanta 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: Completely organized from parking to post-race. Considering it's a holiday, more than enough volunteers(bless their kind hearts) and key intersections are manned by police.
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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 run is my least favorite segment of triathlon. I did this not because I like to run or it was easy. I did this because it was a challenge and I wanted to see if I could do it. A year ago I could barely walk a mile so I have come a long way. I still have a ways to go but I am making progress. I had fun and plan on doing it again next year. With some consistent training through the next year I should improve and should be able to handle this a lot better.
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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: Horrible traffic arrangements over 1:15 waiting on I-75 S. Was probably better when MARTA provided service to the starting line.
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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: Goal is to do full marathon next year.
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  • Lots of volunteers to help?
  • Plenty of drink stations?

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  • Comments: 2nd year doing it, I will definitely make a tradition of the event.
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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 race, and hopefully Kiawah in 2 weeks, really have/will validate the hard work I've put in this year. I've still only run this distance in races or training 10 or 15 times total, so I feel like I've got a lot of potential to improve. I was happy to knock about 6 minutes off my only other open 1/2 marathon which was in March of this year. Next up is an attempt to go under 1:40!
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: I always dig the minimalist vibe of this race. I will say that it has gotten much more organized with great volunteers and an overall more professional delivery of a great holiday tradition 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? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Really good race. Didn't use the aid stations, but they looked to have plenty and there were plenty of volunteers to help out.
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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: My first race greater than 10k. I enjoyed it. Well run and organized. MARTA knoew there was a race and mass transit was required but neglected to adjust their staff for a couple of hours. Bad job MARTA
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  • Organised?
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  • Lots of volunteers to help?
  • Plenty of drink stations?

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  • Comments: Will definitely be running this one again in the fall
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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: Post race food left a little to be desired. Ok, a lot. A banana was the only thing I found that I could eat. Race was prety well organized. Lacking the fun spectators that ING had though. Packet pickup was ridiculous. I may skip this next year if it's set up the same. I can't be bothered with driving to Buckhead on a Tuesday night after work with 5000 other people just to pick up my number. Shirts were pretty nice though.
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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: A much improved experience with the addition of a race sponsor. The Weather Channel was a nice addition. There was somewhere between 8 and 9 thousand finishers in the half. I think next year it will sell out and definitely have over 10k finishers. Running on Thanksgiving has become a nationwide tradition, and Atlanta now can claim one of the best races out there in regards to the half marathon. Definitely something to be thankfull for.
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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: Good overall experience for me, not just including the race. We'll probably do it again next year.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: I used to rate this race as average and attended it as a tradition with friends. In one year it's made amazing changes. They finally figured out over at ATC that this is a cool race. Plus, the parking is great so our families can get in and set up to watch the fun.
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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 hills were crazy for me. But I live and train in south GA where there are no hills :( But i loved it
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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 was a difficult, but good race with lots of friendly volunteers. I will probably be back next year. It was a beautiful day out, I beat my goal time, and I went and ate a TON of food after that so I can't ask for anything more. I am excited to run the ING 1/2 in March and I am going to really try to go under 1:25 for that.
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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: Good race. Very well organized. The weather was perfect (although on the cold side of perfect) and the volunteers were the best. I will run it again next year. I am not ready for a marathon yet. That will have to be 2010. Legs need some time to get used to this distance. Knees are really sore today.
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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: I thought the race was well organized, well stocked, and the volunteers were great. This had the atmosphere of a big time event. Once again, the Atlanta Track Club did an outstanding job!
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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? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Too hard

  • Comments: Kathy and kids left the house around 7:30 PM which gave them plenty of time to watch people finish. Almost missed me because the were looking for a white shirt. Next year I would like to run 1:40
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  • Lots of volunteers to help?
  • Plenty of drink stations?

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  • Comments: great race. enjoyed running in light rain.
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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? Below average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Volunteers were awesome! Really appreciated them being out there in the rain and thanked as many as I could along the way.
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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? Bad
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: I liked this race despite all of the negative things I heard. There were lots of people running, so there were always lots of people around. I would have liked to hear the race times called more often, but that wouldn't have been an issue if my watch worked. Pretty good crowd support considering it was rainy and a holiday.
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[23]
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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: Fun race, great temperature. The rain stunk but we need it so bad, I didn't care. I will definitely do it again next year, if I don't try to upgrade to the full Mary.
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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: This race is great because it's on Thanksgiving and over the years of training I've made some really good pals to congregate with throughout the event. I missed this race last year and won't do that again, barring injuries, etc. My only real negative here is that it seems like a lot of road races like to serve you pre-race nutrition post-race. I just don't get that.
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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: I absolutely love this race. This was our third year running it and we'll continue the tradition. ATC does an amazing job on a day when it has to be hard to get volunteers. They ran a great race, even in the pouring rain!
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