No medical support.
Oncoming motor vehicles (very close).
Oncoming bicycles in runner's lane.
Plenty of aid station support.
Time cards were erroneous due to extra distance added to race.
The massage at end of race was wonderful.
Saw a few whales along the way.
Much hotter than the average marathon.
No expo or finisher's shirt.
Medals were very nice.

This race was sold as a Boston qualifier with chip timing; however, the morning of the race, the course was changed, there were no timing chips used, and the finish line seemed to me to be about 27.23 from the start.

Time cards given at the end were based on 27+ miles.

Aloha,
Vilma

First, the good: RD did a nice job of communicating via email; and Maui is, of course, beautiful.

Now, the not-so-good: They announced at the beginning of the race that a downed power line caused the route to be changed: per GPS, the actual length was 27.4! yikes! That extra mile-plus was tough.

The early start was great; it got hotter later, but not too bad. The worst of the route was the many miles of running facing traffic - lots of traffic. It felt like running on a freeway. Aid stations were good, with nice folks.

I expected a decent shirt, though - not a cheap cotton tee that said, "Marathon Events." The volunteers (bless them) seemed to get the same shirt as the marathoners, halfers, and 5Ks. How about a nice tech shirt that says, "Marathon finisher?" For the money, that would have been appropriate. Also, no chip timing, but that wasn't a big deal to me.

I ran a slow time (in part because of the longer route). I'm glad that I did it, would not do again.

Lots of 50-staters and 100+ marathon people! A little intimidating for me (my 4th) but I managed a mid-pack finish. The free massages at the end were glorious. Thanks, ladies!

Thanks too to MarathonGuide.com: it's great see reviews!