The combination of trails and shaded asphalt paths was very good. No traffic to contend with either. The race director and volunteers did an excellent job. Nice T-shirt and finisher's medal as well. I look forward to returning in 2013.

I just ran the Boston Marathon in close to 90 degree weather, by comparison this race was much easier and just as enjoyable. The course is beautiful but hilly in spots. Shade 90+ percent of the time. The mile or so of trail in each loop makes the course very interesting. Support was awesome. Tech shirt is very nice and the finisher's medal is one of the nicest I've recieved. (My 45th marathon)
If you are in the Philadelphia area next June I highly reccommend this race.

Beautiful day, great course, and the best group of runners I have had the pleasure running with. Course was hilly, but if you train hills it was enjoyable. Course was out and back, twice for marathon. Scenary was breathtaking in some spots and just great at most other. Off path trail was so fun! Lead runners were supportive and motivational. Course is not blocked off to local walkers and bikers. Could use more porta pots and water at start. Gu was promised but I never saw it. I have already told many family and friends to think on doing this race 2013.

We just ran this weekend (2012).
Came with our daughters,who ran the 1/2 we ran the full. What a beautiful course. Definetly challenging hills
and very hard to go back out and do second 13 when at the 'finish'. So nice not to have traffic and the course was mostly shaded along the water the whole time. Great on course support even second time thru which is not always the case when there are alot more 1/2 marathoners than full.
Pastries at end were yummy as were the brats and beer. Nice that there were plenty there no matter what time you came in. Organizers very helpful and friendly.thanks for a fun weekend.

This is our second time running this race. I did the half last year and the full in 2012. I think this is one of my absolute favorite races. The course is beautiful. It winds through a shaded bike path for the first 6.5 miles, then abruptly sends you on a single track trail for a mile, then back down to the start. The course is a half, and full marathoners have to turn around and repeat. But this is no problem because the course is so much fun.

It is hot, especially later in the day, which hampers your pace, but I still got my award. The awards are little German 'wetterhauses', or weather house. It is a charming little diorama with a German man who comes out when it is humid or a woman when it is dry. The man was definitely out for this race.

There is a fun party afterwards with a polka-playing accordionist (he was also on the course at mile 4) and German folk dancers.

Stefan Weiss has some much fun and passion that he singlehandedly makes this a great race.

Great out and back course with the trail at the turn around point. Great volunteers and aid stations. Very nice improvement of the shirts this year. I love it! My hubby and I will definitely run it again next year. Thank you to the race director, volunteers and runners! PS: BEST AWARD EVER!!!

If whoever wrote the details about the race on the website was trying to be sarcastic, it did not translate. This race was rather hilly and described as mostly flat on the website. While the hills were not steep or severe, the course is quite far from flat. It is scenic and serene and absolutely beautiful but if you need a lot of spectators and cheering and encouragement, this may not be the race for you.
Race support was good but the bathrooms/porta johns were pretty sparse.

After I crossed the finish line, I celebrated with an IV in an ambulance. The EMTs were great.

The race started a little late but the weather was good so not an issue. The first loop of this two loop course was fast for me (1:48) but by the end of that loop I was getting very hot and I seriously considered bailing at half way. I should have. The second loop was a killer! This is not a complaint of the organizers or anything, it's just that I should have been more honest with myself. By mile 23.1 I had 45 minutes to make it inside 4hrs and it took me 40 of those! I finished in about 3:55 and wasn't feeling great. It was hot and a beguilingly challenging course. Aid stations and volunteers were great as were the brats and beer after. Shirt and medal are fantastic - nice clean design without sponsors.
I'll go back and do this one next year but if my schedule is as busy as this years then I'll just do the half.

I loved this race. Very organized. Aid stations throughout the course. Well marked bike path and some dirt trail. More hills than expected. The course was almost completely shaded so that helped with hot weather.

I only ran the 1/2 marathon for this race, but the full was another lap around the same course.
The course:
The course was harder than I expected. It isn't quite as flat as advertised with several steep, but relatively short rolling hills that you have to cover twice as this is mostly an out and back. There is also an off-road section where you run on grass and then some slightly rocky single-track. Otherwise, the course is paved, scenic, and mostly shaded bike trail.
Pros:
1) Nice medal and shirt (single logo, not loaded with sponsors front and back)
2) The best post-race spread of food I have ever seen (including homebaked goodies). Then you get to go over to the German club and get a brat and beer (included in registration).
3) Interesting and challenging course. The single track section was not difficult, but a nice change of pace if you are primarily a road runner.
Cons:
1) There was a late start due to slow bussing of the runners to the start.
2) Not much spectator support.

Conclusion: This is a fun event with great food and entertainment and a challenging course. Scheduling this race for late June, the organizers were clearly interested in creating an endurance event. While the weather gods were smiling upon us for 2011, you should probably not go into this race thinking you'll be setting any PRs, regardless of weather conditions.