Not one complaint. I loved St. George. :-)

Almost as good as the Top of Utah Marathon. I didnt like that steep hill; that was a shocker.

This was the pinnacle of my racing year, and I couldn't have had a better experience. It was as close to perfection and I can imagine. Way to go the sponsors, organizers and spectators... thanks!

I couldn't have had a better experience for my first marathon. The race was so well organized that I felt like I was personally being catered to. The fans were prolific and enthusiastic. I can't say enough good things about it. The scenery is beautiful. The race was fun. I loved it.

The 2003 St. George Marathon was very well organized. The volunteers knew exactly what to do. The aid stations were well supplied. There were lots of porta-poties. The scenery was very nice and the weather was perfect. Coming into town lots of people from the small city of St. George were there to cheer. There were at least three or four local school bands playing music for the runners. The people of St. George seemed to be very enthusiastic about supporting the event.

I liked the course, and would love to come back. It's a great place for a PR. The course is awesome - - but what's up with those ultralight planes that buzz over the runners? Are they course officials, or spectators? (This is not like the helicopters at LA or Berlin!) Very loud, and distracting, and definately detracts from the running experience.

I loved St. George.

This is the first race of done in a few years that wasn't one of the big city marathons (Boston, NY, Chicago), and it was really nice to have a completely different experience. I would recommend this race highly, as it is in exceptionally beautiful country, the people are great, and the course is more of a challenge than I expected. While there is a big net drop in elevation, I didn't think it was much easier than Chicago (dead flat), since there are enough tough uphill portions to offset the downhill portions.

Accomodations are tight, but I went with a group and we stayed just outside of Zion National Park, which is about a half hour from St. George, and well worth the drive. It's a great place to rest for a couple of days prior to the race, and to get used to the elevation if you can afford the time. For people who live at sea level, it is a very good idea to try to get up in elevation for a couple of days (at least)if you want to score at St. George. Heading to Las Vegas afterward (only a couple of hours to the south) is a great way to combine the sacred and profane in one vacation. I'll definitely be back.

The weather is great, the course is real pleasant but there seem to be more hills than what the map insinuates, and the number of enthusiastic spectators is surprising early on in the course when still out in the desert. The organization is impeccable from the pre-race expo to the post-race set-up at the park. This is a marathon that I plan to do every year if I can get in. Make sure to bring your sunscreen (I forgot mine and got fried). I have to disagree with some of the comments about the difficulty of clothing dropoffs- I dropped a bunch of stuff at the two mile marker and they had it all ready for me after the race. I definitely recommend doing this marathon!

I ran St George for the first time and enjoyed it tremendously. From the Expo to the post race help everything was first rate, much more than I expected from a small town.
The expo was a little small but well managed, the first-timers clinic was funny and very helpful. The pasta dinner was simple but good, and inexpensive. The race itself was a thrill, lots of hills, about 35 degrees at the start. If you toss your clothes within the first 6 miles in the provided bag they'll be a the finish before you are. The downhills will take a lot out of your quads if not prepared, I started wishing for an uphill after a while.
The crowds in town were very enthusiastic, the ones at Veyo and Snow Canyon were downright LOUD (very surprising).
Post race was excellent, the food, drink and first aid, all top notch. Only disappointment; no post race pictures after you get your medal.

A Great race. We booked our room eight months out and had limited options but I think you could find something later in the year when the lottery application results are out.
Weather couldn't have been any better this year. If anything there was a light tail wind and it never got very hot. That's the only thing I've really heard about the weather, is that it can get pretty warm.
Great organization in every way except for the clothing thing that others have mentioned. And discarding at an early mile marker doesn't work or it didn't for my sister and me. She dropped this year's race shirt at mile two and I a bright colored jacket. Both were well marked with our names and numbers. We showed up at the tennis courts to find the stuff was being loaded into a truck. We waited for 45 minutes before the man in charge would let us start looking and everyone involved with this mess said that things were no longer properly devided. The man in charge was not customer friendly and though we searched for thirty minutes through a few of the many huge boxes of clothing, my sister and I left empty handed. We looked through every box marked with a mileage with five miles of the our two mile drop point. There were many others there that seemed to be having the same experience to include on couple that was clearly not happy with the way things were being handled or how they were being treated. Don't let this turn you away from the race. It's an overall great experience. Just don't believe that you'll get you discarded clothing back easily, marked well or otherwise.
I had a nice PR and had no problems with the hills but I trained for them. I gave the race five stars for spectators because though there are places they are thin (first half), they really make up for it everywhere they can. Train for some hills. It's not all downhill either.