I just wanted to say that for my first half-marathon race I had a great time at the Scotiabank Waterfront Half-Marathon. I especially want to say that the kids working the water stations were great - cheering and encouraging all of us. Thanks!

Great course! Great weather! Great Volunteers! Plenty of water stations and power gels. Music was awesome! Spectators could have been louder!

This was a great race, good fun and FLAT...

The one thing I would improve next year is the KM markers. I ran the half and found myself confused as to which markers were for my race.

Keep up the great work. I'm off to Athens next month to run the marathon and the challenge of a lifetime...

This was the first year I have run a road 1/2 marathon. I would highly recommend it to anyone looking for a course to try for their first time! I loved it!

Well marked route, with volunteers at all turns.

Waterstations: please set them all up in the same configuration and at even distances.

My wife and I ran it today for the first time. The comments last year were very negative. The organizers must have listened to the comments. The course is very flat with only a few small hills. Today a 92-year old man broke 6 hours in a time of 5:40. This is a new world record. This guy came in looking fresh as a daisy. I hope to God that I will be able to run at 92, let alone live that long. Also Ed Whitlock became the first man in history at the age of 72 to break 3 hours.

Many people commented last year that the scenery was awful. I thought it was fine. For example, last spring we ran the Ottawa Marathon and they had the Tulip Festival going on. A number of people asked me how I enjoyed seeing all the tulips along the marathon. I said, "What tulips?" It is the same for this course. When you run with a group you are more concerned with your splits than you are the scenery.

The water stations were well stocked and the people at them were very encouraging. The water stations were nicely spaced apart every 2-2 1/2 KMs. The KM markers were easy to spot as long as you realized that the yellow markers were for the marathoners and the red markers were for the half marathoners. There was very little crowd support along most of the route, but at the finish there was a huge throng of people. That always makes you feel good at the end. The runners on the course were all supportive of each other and there were many smiling faces encouraging each other.
This year the weather was absolutely perfect. Very little wind, with lots of sunshine and a starting temperature of 11 Celsius.

Sure the course is flat, but what is there to look at? Nothing. The crowds are small, the scenery is boring, and you generally feel alone. This should not be the case when your in the largest city in Canada. You would think a race organizer would understand the importance of promotion? So what is with the t-shirt that no one will ever wear. People usually enjoy wearing their race t-shirt with pride, to let other people know that they are a runner. Last year's shirt was the worst and this year's is not much better! The course needs to be changed! So what if you have to change the name from 'Waterfront' to something else. The race should be run in the city and in the spring.

I thought the course was excellent. It was a real treat to be able to watch the marathoners (especially the leaders) as we were running the half. Although the music was good, would have liked to have heard a few more bands!

Where were the spectators? Great day for a run.

I only did the half this year (I'm training for Chicago), but I'm very familiar with the course. The ideal thing would be a merger of the two Toronto marathons, with a single great route through more neighborhoods & scenery.