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Race Reports for Marine Corps Marathon 2006

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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: Too easy

  • Comments: Maybe again sometime?
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

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

  • Comments: Very good race with great support. Plenty of drink stations. Fairly flat with some rollers.
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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: Race was very well organized, I enjoyed running all around DC, crowd support was great (though if I do another marathon I think I'm going to wear my name somewhere on me, that helped a lot in Tampa).
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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: This is a fantastic race. There is a crowd of observers throughout almost the whole course and the views along the course are great. The Marines do an excellent job of organizing and running this event. Oooo-rah.
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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: only 1 drink station was out of powerade & that was an early stop so no big deal. What's up with the oranges being so early in the race - and at the narrowest point on the course????? We were actually late starting, but I didn't notice it.
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[6]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

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

  • Comments: How amazing to have the marines on the course being the volunteers. I couldn't help but want to hug and thank every one of them for their daily fight for our freedom. The sights along the way were just breathtaking and I really tried to take it all in. The finish photo at the statue was cool! I think the post race area was congested and not well labled...No one seemed to know where the medic tent was, where the UPS trucks were...it just seemed clogged and hard to move around but whatever, 34,000 runners...what do you expect?
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

  • 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 is an incredibly organized race. It is also a beautiful course and there are thousands of people that turn up to cheer on everyone. I will do this one again.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

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

  • Comments: awaiting the medal sucked my wife almost hit the deck. It was a great race to complete with my wife holding hands cross the finish line. Look fwd to next year.
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  • Comments: Great first marathon. Great venue and very moving with the crowd and, more importantly the marine support. What an incredible experience it was and glad to have experience to do better the next time (NYC 2007).
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

  • 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'll definitely be back. Very well organized, but there were just soooooooooo many people. It wouldn't surprise me to see a smaller field next year. But this was a great weekend of BT fun that will definitely be revisited! Congrats to EVERYONE who came out for MCM this year, and to the one, the only CHIPPY for conquering the 26.2!!!!!
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

  • 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 is by far the best race I've ever done. I can't even begin to give justice to the crowds and the Marines manning the water stations along the way. It was an honor to run in their Marathon! I will put this on my annual list of events!
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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: MCM 2006 was well run, except for the finish and postrace activities. The Iwo Jima memorial site isn't big enough for all finishers and their families/spectators. at the end of this run, runners crossed the finish line only to stand and wait in line for their medal. then had to wait for another good 5-10 minutes to get to food/water area. not good to stand still after running 26.2 miles. other than that, this is a great run and a beautiful course.
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  • Comments: This race is very well done. I'll be back.
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Race rating (5)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Too hard

  • Comments: This was a freaking awesome race!! The course is hilly and challenging, but beautiful!! The Marines and Army folks were awesome volunteers and cheerleaders!!
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Race rating (4)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

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

  • Comments: MCM is an excellent race in every regard. First, Congratulations to Chippy and Shaun (CubeFarmGopher), Rob (CaptainJackSparrow) for their first mary finishes in excellent times. A shout out to rrizzo and max for finishing on bum wheels / flat tires / bad legs; Also congratulations to Q for cracking 4 hours in his first serious LD attempt on pavement, and to Wendi for PR'ing. Props to Mike, Trix, Aaron, and Fit for pacing everyone and not commiting any felonies on the course. Troopers in every sense of the word. Plusses: Organization, volunteers (the Marines) were amazing, Schwag (t-shirt, medal, coin, and amazing other stuff), expo (great vendors, lotsa stuff), scenery, BT population there, ease of transport TO the race site, UPS trucks for bag drop, course, proximity to reagan national. Minuses: Getting home, that unbelievably horrible band at the finish, and the post-race party. Bottom line: If you haven't done this race, Do It. It's amazing, and fun. I'll be back. :
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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: As my first marathon are there things I should have done differently? Sure. More training, more long runs, more understanding of what I would experience mentally during the race, etc. But of all the things that I could have done differently, one thing I wouldn't have done differently was change my running partners. They were a steadying factor, a factor in making me feel like I belonged on that course, and truly were an inspiration after I cracked so late in the race. I don't think I can say 'Thanks' enough to them. They were all absolutely amazing.
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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 will DEFINITELY be doing this again.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

  • 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 race was good up until the finish. The logistics were terrible. There were spectators trying to meet their runner way too close to the finish area. The "meeting area" was atrocious. People were everywhere and you couldn't walk. The crowd support was AWESOME. It seemed like there were people cheering you on during the entire course. Of course there were also idiots crossing the street in front of you too. Not smart!
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