Subject: RE: Anyone Done the San Antonio Half Mary? I did the SA Half last year as a warm up to HOuston Marathon and I was very disappointed. The course was a couple of loops around the sports dome then one loop out and back. There was little to no crowd support. You only cross the timing mat at the beginning and end (although there are a couple of spots where I think there should have been mats-trust me I was very tempted to cheat and cross the street, but didn't because I didn't want to be a DNF. So I trudged the 4 miles to the turn around point and there wan not even a timing mat there ). Another thing I did not like is that there wasn't anyone calling out times and/or pacing. Race morning after having to pay $10 to get into the dome parking, my husband dropped me off and was going to meet me at mile 10. But they would not let him of the parking lot (and it was still an hour still the start ).
On the positive side, the shirts are cute. They are not the normal white or gray. These are maroon, navy or green-depending on your race. And the expo is pretty good. They have a good amount of vendors.
I personally need to see some major improvements before I would go back to SA to do this race.
Barb |