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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