Kalamazoo Marathon

The course has been reworked to be flatter. Gone are the hills at the end. For Kalamazoo mostly rolling hills. Tour of many neighborhoods and had lots of crowd support for the size. Fun experience. Considering all the changes to the organization, a great race.

Great organization and great volunteers, but the course isn't very interesting. Lots of running on major roads/streets without any spectators and not very scenic. If it's sunny on race day, expect to get baked in the sun because there's no shade on the course. The course would be much better if there were more sections on greenways and/or near more interesting nature. If this has been voted the best marathon in Michigan, as they claim it is, I wonder what the other races are like.

Paced for this race, what a lot of fun! aid stations well stocked and in the right places, even had a bacon aid station! If you are going for a specific time there are a few hills later in the race to where you might want to bank a couple minutes before you run them.