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Race Reports for Kiawah Island Marathon 2008

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Race rating (4)

Comments: This race was great. I give it only a 4 rating due to the post race food being pretty crappy - cold pasta salad, cold hummus, good brownies and soup and beer, though. No cookies, or really many options. The green initiatives were a good thought. THe race was very well organized, no glitches whatsoever. Tons of water stops with fruit, water and gatorade well separated at the stops, too. I was thinking that the 2 loop course would be really dull the second time around, but I actually liked it, because I knew where I was the whole tuime and knew what was coming up next. It was perfectly flat, too, the one "hill" was about 30 yards long, and might have climbed 20 feet. The weather cooperated, with nice temos in the mid 40s at the start to mid 50s by the end, sun, little wind, and not much humidity. I would highly recommend this race as a nice destination marathon. The island and resort are great - expensive and not terribly kid-friendly, but a very nice relaxing time. The

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Race rating (4)

Comments: I like this race quite a lot. It is small enough to feel 'local' but big enough to have sufficient facilities and volunteers to meet everyone's needs. I'll probably do it again.

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Race rating (4)

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