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Race Reports for Marine Corps Marathon

[26]
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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? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: The marines did a fantastic job!
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[27]
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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 is a great race for fan & course support, the scenery is great and Marines are awesome for on course support. I totally didn't run like I had hoped but can't complain as to the journey to finishing a marathon was fun. Definitely will do another and hope MCM is one of them.
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[28]
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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 can't complain about not qualifying for Boston on my first marathon. I came pretty close, but I didn't qualify. A little disappointing but to put into perspective my debut performance really wasn't bad. Proud to do the race with Team Fisher House, for my father, and for myself.
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[29]
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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: Would have rated this race as a 5 but the crowd at the end of the race was too much. I almost had to push through people at the finish line to get through and get across the timing chip sensor. Then the crowds at the train stations were extremely difficult when trying to head home after the race.
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[30]
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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: Very well organized and the marines could not have been more helpful, the only problem is that there are so many people there is a lot of waiting both in the beginning and the end but they do a good job with it all
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[31]
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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 do this race again. Other than the expo being held in too small of a location, this was one of the best times I've had running. The Marines did an excellent job and when off duty are pretty entertaining as well. They truly represent the very best of this country. Everywhere you went Sunday night you'd run into other people wearing the MCM shirt and the camaraderie was instantaneous. It really lived up to it's billing as "The People's Marathon."
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[32]
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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: The Marines know how to hold a race!
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[33]
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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: Would have to say that this was one of the best marathons I've done, but think that NYC outdoes it by a little bit. Great volunteers (many, many Marines) and well run considering the size of the race and the security that has to go into this since it is right in the heart of the nation's capital. Will probably end up running this with Heather next year since she had to defer due to injury (left over from IM Austria bike wreck)
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[34]
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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 stated above, the race is amazing and the Marines' participation is really moving. Extremely well organized. I'm so happy I did this race and I really enjoyed the weekend.
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[35]
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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: The marines put on a fantastic race! It's definitely one that everyone should do at least once. Beautiful course, fantastic support, and very inspirational and emotional. The crowds are also wonderful. The only time I felt the effects of running with 30K people was the backup getting in to the Rosslyn metro.
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[36]
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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 to come up here and race, and the MCM is maybe one of the best races I do. If you have not made it yet, should be on your list. You will not regret taking on the course
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[37]
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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: The race was amazing. It was my first marathon to run, but I had observed my wife run a separate marathon. This marathon was better, by far. I have since run the Disney marathon and the Cox Half; both were great races but were not close to the MCM.
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[38]
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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 is a must do race for any runner!! Absolutely fantastic! OOH RAH!!
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[39]
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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: Happy with my race and how I felt
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  • Comments: I really like this race, but the mile-plus crush/walk with no place to escape at the finish is no bueno. I was basically panicking that I was going to get sick in the middle of that huge crowd and it was fairly awful.
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[41]
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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 loved this race ever since we ran the 10K in 2006. Besides our personal connection to the USMC, this is just a world-class event.
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[42]
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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: http://www.juddmansee.com/blog/?p=1088
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[43]
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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 set my Garmin 305 workout to 26.5 miles in 4 hours, and my workout finished before I crossed the finish line. I know a lot of that comes from zig-zagging, but I feel the course is measured a bit long.
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[44]
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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: The Marines and volunteers did an excellent job. I would like to have had a couple of more water stations but I think it was in line with other races. I was just shot by then and everything seemed too far apart.
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[45]
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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: Being a Marine and participating in this great race was a highlight of 2009.
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[46]
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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: Distance MAR Clock Time 5:22:34 Chip Time 5:08:05 Overall Place 15403 / 21405 Gender Place 10013 / 12972 Division Place 1831 / 2289 Age Grade 40.6% 5K 31:02 10K 1:02:13 15K 1:32:14 20K 2:02:32 Half 2:10:28 25K 2:36:14 30K 3:17:34 35K 4:04:10 40K 4:50:10 Service Mstatus Weight 215
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[47]
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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: I went into this thinking I would run only 1 - 2 marathons in my life. But after this experience I know I want to do more. I have guaranteed entry to NYC in 2010 but after that I want to come back to DC and do this race again.
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[48]
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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: It was a great race, but it was SOOOO huge! The after-race festival was such a mob scene that I just wanted to escape.
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[49]
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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: Marine Corps Marathon has been and always will be my favorite marathon. I love DC, and running a marathon there is just awesome. The positive feelings on the course are pervasive. The Marines are awesome. It was my first sub-4 in 06, it was my first 3:30 in 07, this year I ran a disappointing race, but I still loved every minute of being out there. I'll be back in 2010.
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[50]
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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: Would have been better if all my splits were posted and finish time!!!!!!
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