What a beautiful European city and it's people... Enjoyed the festivities for the city's week long 750 year celebration, only wish I had arrived five days prior to the race versus 3 to better deal with the Jetlag & 6 time zone difference. Still, as advertised, a great Marathon for 1st timers... you can't help but enjoy it all, especially arriving to the finish in the Olympic Stadium of 1912 ! It was a bit warm for most of the Northern European runners, great support from the spectators, wore 'Stars & Stripes' shorts and got much positive encouragement... with their chants of 'Heya ! Heya !! Heya !!!' ... Swedish for 'GO ! GO !! GO!!!' as well as 'GO USA !' and 'God Bless America.' Will defintely come back again. I could not have participated in a better run/Marathon out of the States, especially with this being my first one.

The city is beautful. Clean and civilized. The race in 2002 was hot. Having only done London before I found the paper cups a pain. I should have run with a bottle belt. Interesting selection of snacks on route that I did not sample - was that really pickled cucumber at about the 30k mark?

This course was great! The two loops were not a problem and I loved to finish in the old Olympic stadium. I would recommend that they put water on both sides of the road. The first aid station was like a mosh pit. The water was also warm. Splits are not given and distances were only in kilometers. The fan support and music along the course was very good. The people of Stockholm and the wonderful course are reason enough to do this one again.

Worderfull time of year to be in Stockholm (e.g. it does not get completey dark, city anniversary, tanned people...).

Race well organized, most of the course wonderful(except last 4 km of first and second loops) with great arrival at the Olympic Stadium.

2002 race weather was too hot (26º Celcius at start...).

This was my first marathon experience. The scenery was fabulous..especially running by the harbor and old town.
The crowds were very supportive. I wore a t-shirt with a US flag and it was awesome to see the positive response abroad.

I loved it, cool summer day, great crowds, great scenery. I didn't beat the afternoon rain, which was freezing, and the second loop goes through a wooded area where there wasn't many spectators. I also didn't like waiting in line after the race for my shirt, but that's because I'm lazy. It was a great race, beautiful place and finishing in the Olympic Stadium wasn't bad either. I hope to run Stockholm many more times and think that it is a far better race than D.C.'s Marine Corps which I have run twice.

The two loop course passes the most historic points including the Old Town, Parliament, City Hall, Opera House and through the Djurgarden, a large park lined with trees and waterviews.
The last 250 meters laps the track inside the 1912 Olympic Stadium and is arguably the best finish line venue of any race in the world.
Crowds are huge although not as vociferous as Boston.
I have run this event 8 times and been there 17 times for it.

This is a double loop course, which doesn't appeal to everybody. It's very flat, in spite of comments about the 'steep' hill at the bridge. Start and finish are within walking distance of most downtown hotels. Course is narrow in spots, causing 'jamming' of runners at times. Race is well organized, but the expo is small for the race size, consisting mainly of promotions for other marathons. Course is very scenic, and has large crowds in the downtown sections. Lots of bands, but not enough running songs for my liking.

The Stockholm Marathon is a good experience with a nice two round course. The organization is OK, but there are only water stations on one side of the street and not on both sides. The support of the spectators is not so good. To run the last 300m in the olympic stadium is great.

For the first 24 km we didn't get any bananas. The water was cold and the Pripps Energy Drink bad for the stomach. We had to do two rounds on a beautiful course in this wonderful city. The swedish spectators watched us from the distance. The weather was perfect for running: sunny and mild.