Race Reports for Race 13.1 Raleigh

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Comments: Overall this was a good event. The organizers have improved it since I ran it in 2016. The announcer and music at the start/finish area was nice and I enjoyed the "five minutes" and "two minutes" recordings they had at the starting line. I still think that a June event needs water stations every mile rather than every 2 miles. Also, if they want people to park in the deck, they need to provide parking control for the exit. It took me over 25 minutes to leave the deck and I don't think that the shoppers who were there appreciated all of the race traffic trying to leave.

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Race rating (3)

Comments: Overall the event was OK and I would consider doing another event put on by this organization, however, they could improve it a lot. I'm writing this not to complain so much as to offer suggestions. * close the parking deck. They guy who owns Race 13.1 also owns the mall that hosted the start/finish area. He has the power to close the part of the deck being used as the start/finish area to traffic and they should have done so. * double the number of water stations. I believe that with a heat index of 86, this would have been a Red Flag on the Event Alert System. They needed water stations AT LEAST every mile, not every two miles. * improve pre and post race vibe * close the greenways * better separation of the multiple events going on at the same time * better themeing. The theme is the carinal. Nothing about Raleigh and cardinals go together . Raleigh is the City of Oaks. Maybe play with that? * I thought to myself, "Whoever put up these mileage signs must have been

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