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Seattle Marathon Runner Comments
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Course 4.1 
Organization 3.9 
Spectators 3.1
Number of comments: 182 [displaying comments 171 to 179]
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A Runner from Boise Idaho
(11/29/2001)
 "Seattle is a challenge..." (General Comments)
COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 3 FANS: 3 The course ain't for wimps. I didn't see all the mile markers. I liked finishing in the stadium, and having a heated area with hot soup. Mark the course better next time, please. | |
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A Runner from Fenton Michigan
(11/29/2001)
 "Course challenging and scenic" (about: 2001)
COURSE: 4 ORGANIZATION: 3 FANS: 2 Cool temperature and rain at the start. I very much enjoyed the marathon and the city of Seattle's beautiful area. Two complaints poor local coverage of the marathon by media and newspaper. Secondly the T-Shirts needs more WOW! color design etc... | |
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A Runner from Edmonton, Canada
(9/7/2001)
"This lonely run makes you dig deep" (about: 1999)
COURSE: 3 ORGANIZATION: 3 FANS: 4 Amazing run. It was rainy and cold (got bad around mile 22). My left foot dropped into a pot-hole puddle on mile 16. I should have been looking - but I was wiping the rain from my face at the time. The people I met were great along the way. It seemed like the weather and the conditions of the run brought out the best in the crowd I was running alongside. I will be back; despite it's challenges, the run made me dig deep. | |
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A Runner from Seattle
(3/30/2001)
 "Seattle is a great place to run." (about: 2000)
COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 5 Remember, it's not the weather, the hills, the water stations, the time clocks. It's the 26.2 miles and Seattle has 26.2 beautiful miles. Just bring warm dry clothes for after the race. I ran last year--it was cold, raining, and it was great! If you can run up the hill on Madison you're good, you're real good. Looking for a challenge? Run Seattle. Great place to visit. Lots to do and see. Don't let that earthquake thing scare you; I survived it too. | |
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A Runner from Seattle, WA
(12/7/2000)
 "I'll be there next Year!" (about: 2000)
COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 2 FANS: 5 The course was spectacular. It was a cold rainy day and many thanks to the volunteers who kept me motivated, hydrated, and gued up all the way. Upon finishing all I wanted was a warm place to rest and something hot to drink. The recovery area was cold and there was nothing hot to drink. It would have been a good idea to put chicken broth or cider in large containers for everyone to enjoy. | |
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A Runner from Puyallup, WA
(12/2/2000)
"Above average with plenty of room for improvement" (about: 2000)
COURSE: 4 ORGANIZATION: 3 FANS: 2 I recently ran the beautiful, but relatively tough, Seattle Marathon. The downtown start was nice, and there were gorgeous sections over the floating bridge, along Lake Washington, in Seward Park, and through the Arboretum. Late November weather in the PNW is unpredictable, and this year was no different, with breezy to gusty winds, and a steady drizzle over the last half of the race. For those looking for more optimum conditions, the Seattle race most years would not be accomodating. The course has a long, essentially flat middle section, with early and late hills (both up and steep downs)which make logging a PR unlikely. The large, indoor warm-up and recovery area was nice, and made gear check-in/out quite easy, and the start line was only a short walk away. I had no trouble with the bus service, either to or from the event. Organization on the course was at times weak, with misplaced or absent mileage markers and almost non-existent split times (which I normally don't mind, but my watch cut off at the 15 mile mark during the race). Water stations were about every 2 miles, though generally not located where the event info catalog said they would be. Cleaning up the on course glitches, and putting water stations every mile to add more flexibility to runners hydration needs would help. | |
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A Runner from Anchorage, Alaska
(11/28/2000)
 "rainy with little crowd support" (about: 2000)
COURSE: 4 ORGANIZATION: 3 FANS: 1 It would have been better to leave a longer gap between the start-time for the walkers and the 1/2 marathon runners, because it was fairly crowded between miles 2 and 4. The course was lovely, but lonely. There were few spectators and lots of rain drops. It would also have been better if the last bus back to race headquarters had been later. | |
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A Runner from Los Angeles
(10/14/2000)
"What could be the perfect marathon" (about: 1998)
COURSE: 3 ORGANIZATION: 4 FANS: 1 Seattle is a beautiful city and the marathon route certainly offers picturesque scenery and a very enjoyable coarse. One can only wonder why in a climate favorable to ideal marathoning conditions during much of the year, the event is held at the end of November. This is a date that has a strong likelihood of cold pacific rains, clouds obstructing much of the scenic mountain views, and winds mixing in with that rain to make what could be one of the best marathoning experiences truly miserable. That was the 1998 experience, and it is not unreasonable to expect the same often at that time of year in Seattle. The event was so well planned and executed... what a shame that it had to be sabotaged by weather. Hopefully the organizers will someday realize the flaw in their planning and find a better time of year to stage this event. | |
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Jerry K from Scenic Carmel Indiana
(8/17/2000)
 "The best of times, and not the worst of times!" (about: 1998)
COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 3 Is there a better way to see Seattle than with a group of thousands of other runners? If so I've not found it. A couple years ago I traveled from Indianapolis to visit two very wonderful friends and we ran a wonderful marathon--the Seattle Marathon. It rained and was cold, yet the events of that marathon weekend stand as one of the best memories I hold from 1998. Would I do this race again? Certainly! Would I recomend this race to others? Absolutely! Will I run the Seattle Marathon this year? I'm absolutely certain I will! |
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