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Race Reports for Blue Cross Broad Street Run 2007

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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: Taking the train there and back was a pain in the ass because of the crowd and no train from Lansdale. Next time I'd prefer to drive to Fern Rock and have someone with me to talk to during the ride and possibly the race. The race itself was fun but the travel to and from made me think it might not be worth it.
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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: Too easy

  • Comments: Great race. Really cool atmosphere with 18,000 other runners through my hometown.
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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: Great fun!
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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 was my first Broad St Run and my first ten miler. I really enjoyed it! It's long enough to make it worth spending my morning doing it but short enough that I really didn't need to prepare in any special way.
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Race rating (3)
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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: Bad: All the logistics about this race were a pain. The last 1mi off the highway took ~20min. P-to-P meant parking at the finish and taking the subway to the start. Subways were packed...and I am sure a ton of ppl didn't get to the start on time. Overall just a PITA! Good: I was so bitter before the race started that I was already thinking how I was goign to rip it on BT. Turns out, for as bad as the logistics were, the race was that much better. There were fans the whole way...granted I question the parents who let their 8-12yr old girls do booty dances for support, but they were good supporters nonetheless. Plenty of cowbells, a cpl radio stations were broadcasting, guys with bongo drums, one or two bands...and of course a little Rocky theme music near the end. I didn't use any of the water stations, but there were tons (at least 6) and they were long. Definitely enjoyed this race more than the National Half Marathon and Cherry Blossom. Didn't really stick around for
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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: Tons of volunteers, very well organized, plenty of water & gatorade -stations - although I didn't need them. Had about 4 places in the course where fire hydrant was spraying the course... could've used without that in the first half of the race because it was too cold, and caused congestion and jumping out of the water's way. Wind was in your face only for about 2 blocks.... rest of time was slight-cross and mostly tail-wind.
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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: I've wanted to do this race since I worked at water stations as a kid. I finally decided to do it, and it was so much fun. I'm definitely going to keep doing it - and now that I'm actually running on a semi-regular basis, and in better shape, I should get better timing wise too.
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