June 2000 was my first Stockholm marathon, and for that matter my first European race experience. My experience was fantastic!!!! I have been competitively running road races since 1992, and yet to have experienced crowd or volunteer support as offered in Stockholm. My goal beginning the race was to qualify for the 2001 Boston Marathon... I was able to do that and have an enjoyable, exciting, and memorable experience. I would highly recommend this marathon for ALL beginning marathon runners and ANY runner wanting to compete with their PR.

I ran this in 97. I had run the Gothenberg half marathon 2 weeks earlier and visited my relatives in between. The race was well organized and had a great post race food selection. The ice cream cicles were the best. The finish in the stadium was fun. I found the subway easy to use and found my way to the start and back at the end,very easy. Next time I will also plan more time to site see.