As far as scenery is concerned, Louisville rivals the Vermont City Marathon. From the emerald fairways of the golf course you run by, to views of the majestic Ohio River as you run for miles along the Riverwalk, to the steel artistry of the massive bridges that span the river, this course is super!
The course is well marked on the roads in yellow paint at each mile and half way. All the turns are maked with arrows and sometimes orange cones too.
From packet pick up to the finish line, the marathon was organized well with the volunteers placed in strategic places.
Finally, if the city of Louisville would promote the marathon there would be more volunteers and spectators thus making it a first class race.

Quiet run without any traffic problems while running. The short stretch of concrete was hard on the knees especially coming home. There was plenty of help where I was but may have run short later. Trees along river great. Fog an extra attraction.

I agree. This race was not well organized. Poor (no) traffic control, lack of course monitors, fewer water stops than promised, water stops that ran out of water, no splits. For most veteran marathoners like myself, we don't need a lot of extra perks to make us happy. We do expect the basics to be covered, however. Add in the fact that the entry fee was steep ($40 pre, $50 late) and the poor organization of this marathon was even harder to accept.

Diddle ... There are much room for improvement. Considering this is the only full length marathon race locally, the community should show more support. Otherwise, the season is excellent for the race (4 stars for this one).

I did like the course. This is a PR course, if the weather conditions are right.
This could become one of the better marathons in the midwest, if the race
director would plan better. Traffic control, and lack of support personnel
were the two main problems.

Momma always said, 'If you can't say anything nice, ...'. To heck with Momma. But I will keep it to one point --- safety is an issue.

Traffic control was virtually non-existent. We took to the streets (in the dark!) with no course markers or volunteers/police to control on-coming and cross traffic. This posed a safety hazard, particularly on 45-mph roads which don't have shoulders.

Additionally, water was not available every two miles as organizers had promised.

Safety should be organizers' paramount concern. A disturbing lack of concern was displayed, and I would not recommend this event on that basis alone.

If you *really* want to do an event in the Midwest in October, choose the Indianapolis Marathon (two weeks prior to Louisville). Traffic control & volunteer support is A-1, particularly for an event of its size.

There were no split times given throughout the marathon. It's very difficult to pace or know how you're doing without your splits. The race was very small. The course was flat but very boring in parts. Everyone associated with the race was very friendly and helpful and the few spectators that there were, were excellent! I had a PR but was dissapointed in the overall race.