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Bear Lake Idaho Marathon Runner Comments
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Course 3.9 
Organization 3.2 
Spectators 2.4
Number of comments: 14 [displaying comments 11 to 14]
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john holland from Philadelphia, pa
(6/28/2011)
 "Razzberry of a marathon" (about: 2011)
11-50 previous marathons
| 1 Bear Lake Idaho Marathon
COURSE: 4 ORGANIZATION: 3 FANS: 3 I was ready to welcome the cold early morning with a jacket and a warm hat. Last year's photo's gave me the heads up!! The last 5 miles of the marathon I notice many animal carcass on the side of the road. Animals not marathoners! First time marathoners should do this race. Keep your feet moving and eyes enjoying the beautiful area. | |
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P. M. from SC
(6/30/2010)
 "A great race for 50-staters" (about: 2010)
6-10 previous marathons
| 1 Bear Lake Idaho Marathon
COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 3 I pretty much echo LD's comments. Weather was awesome, 45 - 50 degrees and calm. Beautiful scenery along Bear Lake. Great support for a small race. The first 13 miles were against traffic on a main highway but its early start makes traffic minimal. Make sure to visit the hot springs by Mile 20 after the race. They were awesome! (And have a raspberry shake in Garden City - not to be missed.) Thank you to the race directors for a great race! | |
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L. D. from Kuwait (American Ex-Pat)
(6/13/2010)
"RD obviously read last year's comment..." (about: 2010)
11-50 previous marathons
| 1 Bear Lake Idaho Marathon
COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 4 This marathon was originally started for some 50-Staters to get in another state in a weekend - and this year over 70 of us showed up to run (apparently 25 ran last year). I had very few expectations for this race. I knew there would be aid stations, but I really thought I'd need to carry my own water bottle and GU; instead, they had water stations every 3 miles with GU, Gatorade, and/or fruit at most. The volunteers were amazingly friendly, and they hopped from station to station. They also made sure that they had people at each station until the last person passed. We even got a special shirt that said, "52.4 miles," since most of us running Friday were also running Saturday, and a "Back to Back Marathon" medal. The course was gorgeous, and the runners were friendly. It was pretty much the perfect marathon experience. (There were no spectators except for the cows and volunteers, but that didn't take away from the experience at all. The cows did watch us until we were out of sight.) | |
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Marina White from Irvine, CA
(6/21/2009)
"All-Around Nice Marathon along Bear Lake!" (about: 2009)
11-50 previous marathons
| 1 Bear Lake Idaho Marathon
COURSE: 4 ORGANIZATION: 4 FANS: 3 The course is located in a rather remote and gorgeous location, and is generally easy to traverse. Organization of the race is probably best described as flexible, which has positives and drawbacks. The race organizers are very accommodating and helpful in all regards; however, it seems that some aspects of the race were not very well planned out. This included bathrooms before the race and along the course, starting times, and (as a minor point) course photography! This is such a nice area with great views and photo ops - too bad there was no one to take pics! And as for spectators... well, there are none, save birds, horses, and other wildlife perhaps. However, I was fortunate in the respect that it was an open course (and still not much traffic, thankfully) and so my mom was able to follow me the whole time to cheer me on and get some personal pics! As a side note, the race directors were nice to her as well, and so that was cool for both of us. It was a nice experience overall, which is especially important when doing two in a row (which all who ran this race were - and which was why they created it in the first place, which is of course very kind of them!). |
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