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Deseret News Classic Marathon Runner Comments
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Course 3.7 
Organization 3.3 
Spectators 3.2
Number of comments: 95 [displaying comments 91 to 94]
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A Runner from Brussels, Belgium
(6/12/2001)
 "FABULOUS" (about: 2000)
COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 4 My first US marathon. I agree with Kristie : it was awesome, although pretty challenging because of the hills in the first half. It is worth trying to finish in less than 3:45 in order to be admitted on the parade route for the last 2 miles or so : you will be cheered by thousands of friendly people. Loved it!!! | |
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A Runner from Salt lake city
(5/16/2001)
 "Tough, very early morning marathon" (General Comments)
COURSE: 4 ORGANIZATION: 4 FANS: 4 Starts so early you have to get up around 3 to run. This is to avoid the heat, but I'd rather suffer a little than get up so early. The course is beautiful, but very tough. The first half include some tough hills, the second half is screaming downhill if you have anything left. Did it once. Doubt I'd do it again unless they started at a reasonable hour. | |
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Jerry Sumrell from Atlanta, GA
(1/17/2001)
 "You get what you ask for" (about: 2000)
COURSE: 4 ORGANIZATION: 4 FANS: 3 Everyone who enters a marathon should pay attention to the details of the course. The people at Deseret News pull no punches in warning you that this is a mountain marathon. Keeping this in mind, I entered the race believing that I would complete it, which is my only goal as I get better at running marathons. Little did I imagine that I would be so impressed with this race. The race starts in the dark, and the sun does not appear for an hour or so. It's spooky, but fun, to run with only the moon lighting your way. I lost track of my mile splits because of that, but once the sun came up, the beauty of the vistas kept my mind off of the fact that I was climbing, climbing, climbing. As the last half of the race is either severely downhill or flat, I didn't burn out as hard as usual. The race is in summer, so it gets hot toward the end. Support is sufficient, but not incredible. Turns out that not only did I complete it, but I nearly broke 5 hours, my usual goal. No expo, which was a bummer when my wife decided to run the 10k and we had to hunt up a sports store. | |
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Kristie from Utah
(12/12/2000)
 "Awesome!" (General Comments)
COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 5 This was my first marathon and I was right out of high school. The first twenty miles was the best experience I have ever had. the last six and especially the last two were very challenging for me, but very worth it. It is a really beautiful run through the canyons. The hills aren't a big deal if you are prepared. |
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