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San Luis Obispo Marathon Runner Comments
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Course 4.1 
Organization 4.4 
Spectators 3.4
Number of comments: 12 [displaying comments 11 to 12]
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T. L. from Canyon Country, CA
(4/30/2012)
 "Good inaugural race!" (about: 2012)
50+ previous marathons
| 1 San Luis Obispo Marathon
COURSE: 4 ORGANIZATION: 4 FANS: 3 San Luis Obispo and Get Off the Couch, Potato put on a good race for this inaugural event. Scenic, rolling course, plentiful aid stations, and while the spectators were not numerous they were enthusiastic. Pluses: Started on time and the 6 AM start allowed us to be done before the heat of the day. Many aid stations, some with fruit which was appreciated. Course was well marked, good when you have a twisty turny start/finish. Traffic was off the course, and using an escort vehicle on one stretch was great rather than coning off one lane for the runners with oblivious vehicles coming at us. Shirt's nice, and the food at the end was good especially putting out peanut butter for the bagels. Could use work: Handwash stations at the start should be spread out rather than clustered near one line of portapots. Balloons or flags would help us find mile markers. Show the pedestrian overpass at mile 24.5 on the course map and label it as such. Put a mat and marker at the half marathon point so we know our times. More pace groups for non TNT runners the 4:30 group was great, 5:00 and 5:30 pacers would have been good too. Separate half and full marathoners at the end, even if it's a tape/cone dividing the two lanes, so fulls aren't elbowing slow halfers out of the way and halfs don't get counted in the full marathon finishers list. (I'm being charitable and presuming that people who took 45 minutes to do the first 5K and have no time recorded for the 25K point were doing the half rather than cutting the full course.) And it's in wine country and the course passes a number of wineries, perhaps have them sponsor a few aid stations? A small glass of Chardonnay at mile 19 would have gone down a treat! Overall good race. I got a 14 minute PR which pleased me immensely, and the comments are suggestions for improvement not criticisms. This race was worth the 200 mile drive! | |
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S. C. from Toronto, Canada
(4/26/2012)
 "Beautiful scenery...challenging course" (about: 2012)
11-50 previous marathons
| 1 San Luis Obispo Marathon
COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 5 This was my 11th marathon and one of my favourites. It was wonderfully organized with care and attention given to all the details. Plenty of port-a-potties at the start, happy smiling volunteers on course, enthusiastic (but sparse) spectators sprinkled throughout. The stunning scenery was almost enough to take your mind off those hills. Yes you must do your hill work. A fantastic wonderful experience. |
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