The course is slightly hilly but running through Texas A&Ms campus was great!! Great people putting it on and was a great experience!

This was my first race and I think I'm spoiled for all other races. The pre-race support, encouragement and information was phenomenal. Race day, the course was great with so many volunteers and spectators encouraging us along. It was fun just to see the beautiful course and all the spectators! Post-race was great. There was so much food, I couldn't partake in it all. I will definitely be running this race again, and encourage everyone to try it! I would travel far to run this race, and I'm proud to have it in my hometown!

Organizers and volunteers did an amazing job! You guys are wonderful!! If I don't run again next year, I'm coming back as a volunteer. Our friends from Ft. Worth ran with us and were amazed by the quality of our run.

Thanks to BCS for putting on a great marathon! I was supposed to run New York this year, and I can't tell you how appreciative I was that BCS offered their marathon to would-be NYC runners for only $25. What a generous thing to do! That same spirit seemed to carry through the race - everything was very well put together and really geared toward giving all the runners a first-class experience. It was so fun to run through Aggieland, especially Northgate and the A&M campus (yes, I'm an Aggie - class of '06, whoop!). This year's weather did not really cooperate (70s and over 90% humidity - gross!), but despite having to slow down a lot, I still had a great time. Lots of good aid stations and medical stations along the route, excellent food and drink at the finish, cool medal and a finisher's dri fit shirt, and, for a small race, lots of nice support, including a lot of funny signs, even in the places where there were fewer spectators. This is also a great spectators' race: my husband was able to see me easily at 7 different points on the course, plus the finish, which was so nice. I definitely recommend this race if you like small marathons, even if you're not an Aggie - although that probably helps. :)

I ran this race last year and told everyone it was one of my favorites. I ran it again this year and was once again impressed with the organization and support. Even though the weather wasn't as great as last year, the race itself was! s

Overall - Fantastic race!! LOVED the crowd support. LOVED the corps guys cheering us along the way, even at mile 23 when everyone else had finished the half and was already home eating lunch! Those guys were still out there happy as could be. Loved the number of water stations. Always came up on one right when I needed it. Loved the organization, expo, and over-all friendliness of the entire race from registration to the finish line.

One suggestion: From a full marathoners point of view, I would have liked the 2 courses (half and full) to have stayed on the same course a little longer. Luckily I had a running partner, but once the break is made, you loose about 2000 people who were running along side to distract you from the 26 miles you just embarked on. Just my opinion. I like having lots of people around to distract me and breaking off at mile 4 made the race seem a little longer.

But still an incredible race and I would and WILL run it again, even if it's the same course that breaks early. It was awesome!!

This was the most well organized race I've ever run in! The volunteers including the medical team were on top of everything and so friendly, supportive and helpful. I ran with a strained calf muscle and injured it more during my run and and as soon as I finished, I asked for ice and the med team instead took me and rushed me to the med tent to take care of me. Will definitely do this one again!

Will definitely participate again next year. Very well done!

I truly enjoyed the race and the course. I have run in many road races and the organization of this race was thorough and enjoyable.
Pro's
the community involvement
the pride in making a good race
the expo (great addition and touch)
the aid stations

Con's, but only construction thoughts and observations!
There were no pins in my bag-didn't realize it until too late and nor did I have any at home, scrambling the morning of (possibly a table with such items morning of-if there was I couldn't find it)
my name wasn't on my tag either-I know this was addressed in your message
the porta-potties (a lot at the start, but made difficult to line up (hence that is where they were placed), the first set of porta-potties were at mile 6 (too far into the race. And ONLY 3 and by the time I reached them at 70-80 minutes, they were already disgusting and out of TP. Need more earlier and more in general.

Other than that...EXCELLENT!

Really enjoyed it! The volunteers and medical support were the best. One of the best run events I've ever done! ALL race proceeds go to charity!! And seeing the faces of 24 children freed from slavery by the Mercy Project on the way to finish line was amazing. This run rocks!