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Race Reports for Whidbey Island Half Marathon 2008

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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: Too hard

  • Comments: Nice first 1/2 Mary of the year. (My first unattached 1/2 Mary as well.) Now the fun working towards IMAZ begins.
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Race rating (3)
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  • Organised?No
  • Events on time?Yes

  • 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: Destination race and all that comes with it: cute town, beautiful countryside and ocean-view roads, and very poor organization. The web site claimed that there'd be a technical t-shirt, but it's a plain cotton one, oversized, of course. The course was a loop and they sent the first portion of the runners the wrong way around it. They corrected their mistake at some point, so it was quite surprising to see a bunch of slower folks coming in the opposite direction about 8 miles into it. As a result of that screw up we had no mile markers until mile 12. I don't have a GPS, so I had no idea what pace I was running. At the end they didn't have finisher's medals in time for the first finishers. There was not much going on at the finish line, so I had some water and bananas and left (it was really cold too). Later, I saw some runners in a sandwich place with their half marathon medals. Nice medal too, bummer that I didn't get one! I wouldn't do the full marathon - too hilly and lonesome. Probably
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