Prairie Fire Wichita Marathon Runner Comments

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Course 4.1

Organization 4.5

Spectators 3.7

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Terry Pescosolido from Columbus, OH (10/10/2010)

"Pretty good for an inaugural race" (about: 2010)

50+ previous marathons | 1 Prairie Fire Wichita Marathon
COURSE: 3 ORGANIZATION: 4 FANS: 5

Nice marathon. Course is flat, and is scenic in many places. Problems with the course included some brick roads, and a lot of the roads were in bad need of repair. Also, the marathon went on a few-mile detour from the half-marathon, and when the merge occurred, marathoners had to contend with throngs of slow or walking half-marathoners. Not good. Water stops were good - could add both sides of the road for the first few. Decent food and beverages (beer!) at the finish. Very nice medal, and 2 shirts (one at the expo and one at the finish). Expo was okay, but needed many more running store booths. And a special thanks to whoever got the clouds to roll in for the second half of the race. :-). Highly recommend staying at the Hyatt - it's right next to the race start, and offers a great rate.

R. R. from Wichita, KS. (10/10/2010)

"Awesome organization; amazing community support" (about: 2010)

First Marathon
COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 5

I live in Wichita, Kansas and this was my first half marathon 2:22 (unofficial). WHOO HOO!!! I was so impressed and grateful to the community who came out and lined every block of the race cheering all the runners on. There were "extra" water stations put up by the community. Over half of the supporters had their children out watching too and the kids were really into the race when we passed. A lot of them high-fived the runners and or cheered and manned their signs and noisemakers as the runners passed. This is my home city and I was proud to say that after participating in this race. When I finished I went into my neighborhood and paid it forward to the full marathon runners. I went over a couple of blocks from home and stood with my neighbors cheering on the runners as they passed mile 19-ish. So inspirational. Thanks to those who made the running of this race so seamless, and thanks to all of those Wichitans who made me proud to call this city home.

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Prairie Fire Wichita Marathon Runner Comments