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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 big city race, well organized, always on time and never felt crowded even though 30,000 run the race. Its fun to run clear roads in the city that are always congested, and see the crowds come out for this race.
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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: Fans were beyond awesome and encouraging. running through the city was packed with spectators.
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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?
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: This is a really well run, large event, 30,000 runners (10k in the half, 20k in the full) and yet you never felt like you were running over people. Well spaced out, well marked and great organization. Packet pick up was easy. Would do this event again and recommend it.
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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 loved the Philly half. I had a really strong race, very happy with my time and was in the top 10 in my AG.
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[5]
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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: Really great race, beautiful, challenging but fair course. Mostly flat with a few rollers and two not so fun hills. The course goes through Philadelphia and along the river. It feels like a big deal (the start is exciting and special for each wave, there's good crowd support and ending at the Museum is always fun) but it's not hugely overwhelming like NYC. I've done both the full and the half, and I think I just prefer the half distance in Philly. Highly recommend this race.
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[6]
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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: Like this race a lot - I feel it shows Philly in a good light and the organizers and volunteers are first rate.
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[7]
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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: Great race, one of the better ones that I've done in Philly.
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[8]
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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: Post race organization could use some work (i.e. ran out of water/food, crowd control was horrible, etc). the rest of the race was awesome!
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[9]
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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: Now it's time for winter maintenance, more weight loss, and then on to Columbia in May.
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[10]
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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? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Didn't hang around to judge post race but all the volunteers where great.
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[11]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

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

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

  • Comments: The organization during the race was fine. Well staffed. The volunteers were great. Very enthusiastic. The post-race stuff sucked. There were no volunteers at the end to hand out blankets, and the wait to get your stuff from the buses was way too long given the temps. There seemed to be one person doing crowd control at the finish and when someone needed medical attention, she went running off to get the paramedics. It would take at least a minute or more for them to get to the person. This seemed really poorly run and put people at risk given the conditions. Not sure I'll ever run this marathon, but I will do the half again.
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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: Loved this race, maybe I'll do the full 26.2 in 2008.
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[13]
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Race rating (3)
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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: It was a good race - not spectacular, but good. I would do it again, and will probably do the full marathon next year. It doesn't stand out in my head the way the Flying Pig Marathon does, but it's a good, solid race that you can focus on. The only issue is the expo - something has to be done about that. Not only is the location a bit challenging, but the organization left something to be desired. You just had to be in the right frame of mind when going to it - you got what you needed, but it was more stressful than any other race I've done. Not a total race killer, but different. Thanks to TC, PanicTour and JenO for meeting up before the race, and congratulations for their own great races! It was a really fun weekend!
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Race rating (3)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?No

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

  • Comments: My biggest complaints are: they didn't have enough water stations (only 1 every 2.5 miles) and they didn't have enough bathrooms. Way too many people ended up peeing just off the side of the road and for about a 4 mile stretch, there weren't many options at all. Near the end of that stretch we went by a construction trailer and there must have been 5 or 6 women squatting behind / next to the trailer with no cover at all. It's disappointing that they had to resort to that because there were so few other options.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?

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

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  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Seemed well organized. Aid stations were advertised as only every 2.5 miles, but there was an extra one around Mile 4. Water at some, Gatorade and water at others, plus gels at Mile 10. Pretty good crowd support the first 7 miles and the last 1/2 mile (half-marathon course). EVERY intersection was policed.
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[16]
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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? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: The Philly Marathon has gotten MUCH bigger since I ran it just 2 years ago. I think I liked it a little smaller. Still, it's fun to run in Philly and I'll probably do it again someday.
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[17]
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Race rating (2)
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  • Organised?No
  • Events on time?No

  • Lots of volunteers to help?No
  • Plenty of drink stations?No

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

  • Comments: You would think a big city would put on a big time event, but they don't. The course didn't have enough water stations or volunteers to fill the aid stations, the aid stations weren't on good spots on the course. The mile markers were tough to spot and they were even in the right locations on the course. They could good do an overall better job of putting on the race, with all that said i am sure i'll be back again.
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[18]
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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? Below average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Mile markers and clocks need to be better positioned in the early miles of the race. Too crowded to see.
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  • Lots of volunteers to help?
  • Plenty of drink stations?

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  • Overall course based on my ability:

  • Comments: FIRST MARATHON
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