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Venice Marathon Runner Comments
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Course 4.3 
Organization 4.1 
Spectators 4.0
Number of comments: 46 [displaying comments 41 to 46]
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Derek Griffiths from Cincinnati, OH
(11/29/2000)
 "Worst Marathon Ever!!" (about: 2000)
COURSE: 4 ORGANIZATION: 1 FANS: 2 My wife and I did Venice on our Honeymoon this year (2000). The organization sucked! It took 2 hours to get to the start where there were only enough port-a-johns for 1/3 of the people. They had no H2O at the start either. As for the water, through the first 15k, it had bubbles. They finally gave Euroaide at 15k. As for the 5k in Venice that everyone talks about - 4k of that is around the back side of Venice. You finally get into the good part of Venice at 41k. When you finish, they give you a small bag with a bananna and one bottle of Euroaide! All in all, it was a good experience because it was an international marathon. But, I would not recomended it to a beginer unless you want a flat 40k and the last 2k with some bridges to go over. | |
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A Runner from Suburb of Detroit, Mich. USA
(11/28/2000)
 "An excellent marathon (my fifth)." (about: 2000)
COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 4 Chartered buses, which came with the hotel reservation, took us to the start with no problem. Course is flat and scenic for 32 K, then 3 or 4 K on the causeway (which has no shade) then thru Venice itself with wooden ramps over the bridges to make the grade up and down a reasonable one. Water or 'Energade' every 5 K, cooling sponges at 7.5 K intervals. Spectators were enthusiastic, from the Sunday morning church goers on the mainland to the outdoor diners in the Venice cafes along the route. Venice is certainly worthy as a repeat marathon. | |
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A Runner from Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA
(10/27/2000)
"Well organized. Great course" (General Comments)
COURSE: 4 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 4 This was my 13th marathon, and definitely one of my top favorites ... very well organized, great support, and a good course. The last five kilometers, however, were on stone and included a dozen or so canal bridges. This was tougher than I anticipated, but then again this stage is always miserable, and the beauty of Venice definitely helped me. | |
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A Runner from Vicenza, Italy
(10/23/2000)
 "Race support sucked" (about: 2000)
COURSE: 3 ORGANIZATION: 3 FANS: 4 They served Frizzante (carbonated water) the first 15km, and no plan to transport people to the race start from downtown Venice!!!! Typical of Italian orginazation. | |
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A Runner from Zurich, Switzerland
(5/30/2000)
"Venice Marathon is a flat course & well organized." (about: 1999)
COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 4 The course is very flat, fast and relatively scenic with no traffic issues. The last 5K is in Venice and the numerous small bridges make the finish more difficult than expected. The weather turned bad and flooding on the course did not help. However, that is part of the charm of Venice. Very good organization and plenty of water/sports drink every 5K. | |
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A Runner from LA , CA.
(5/26/2000)
 "Best road marathon I have ever done" (General Comments)
COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 5 My wife and I did the Venice marathon on our honeymoon in 1993. It had fabulous senery along the course, great support with choice of several flavors of gatorade and even massage stations.It was the best marathon as far as fun goes that I have done so far including NY,Boston,portland,La,etc.The people of Italy were fabulous. e-mail me for more info. raineychiropractic@netzero.net |
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