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Race Reports for BolderBOULDER 2008

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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: Always LOVE the Bolder Boulder!
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  • Comments: This race is so much fun. 53,000 runners and the race announcer said it was the largest Memorial Day celebration in the country. We all wore back bibs - mine had names of classmates and comrades who were killed in action in either Iraq or Afghanistan. Unfortunately, I had 6 names. M ran in honor of Grandpa. M2 ran for her boyfriend currently serving in Iraq. "Be Thou At Peace"
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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: Wish I had brought warm clothes. It got cold after the race. Next year, I'll know what I'm doing a little .
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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 really enjoyed this race - despite there being 50,000+ people there it really didn't seem chaotic or overly crowded. Very well organized. I'm planning to do it again next year!
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  • Comments: Went and got breakfast with Dave and Meg at a little place on Pearl Street, and then waited for the Elite's to come thru. We were at about the 8K point, and got to see them coming around the block corner and we were practically within arm's reach of them when the passed. Ryan Hall was getting his ass handed to him! Deena didn't look that great either. Fun to see them run tho, they are FAST! Fun day and great to see everyone!
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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: Always a great event. Bands playing along the course. Thousands of spectators. Huge number of potties, so almost no waiting if you go to the right area. Usually a thrill to watch the pros race, but weather dampened that this year. Can be interesting to run in an early wave, then watch people pour into the stadium for almost 4 more hours by the tens of thousands.
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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: Awesome run, ran way longer than we expected. Only ended up walking about 250 meters. Fantastic race. Well organized, great community support. Can't wait till next year.
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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: First time running the Bolder Boulder, and I had a blast. I was worried about the number of people, but I felt I had more room to run in this race than in any other I have run. Will do again.
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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: As mega-races go, this is one of the best. Very organized and fun. However, I was shocked to see that they now charge you $2 to drop your bags at the FedEx trucks and the exchange of money was probably the reason for me not having time to drop my bag. This is price gouging. The race is already exorbitantly priced and the bag drop has always been an included service. I really hope this doesn't become the trend at other races too. Generally I would rate this race at around a 9 on a scale of 10, but the fee for the bag drop reduces the Dime score to a 6.5. Seriously, racing is getting more and more expensive. It will most definitely reduce the number of new and especially younger racers. If race directors continue their current greedy practices, eventually most races (and this is very true of triathlons) will become the domain of the geriatric population. This fitness boom will kill itself. Racing needs young blood and if you price them out, the boom will inevitably go bust.
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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 best 10k in the country. Bands all along the way, great goody bags and expo at the end. Just a bit rainy and cold at the end this year.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: I love the BolderBoulder!! I was really disappointed about their timing chip removal this year though. There were no volunteers around to do the removal and there was only 1 pair of wire cutters to be shared by hundreds of people trying to remove their timing chip.
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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: Huge turnout again despite the weather. Last year there were ~52,000 runners...haven't heard for this year yet.
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