Coastal Delaware Running Festival

As a fan of the smaller marathons versus the big city races, this one perfectly fit the bill. From the details on the website and emails to the organization and communication at the event, everything is well done. The course was very well marked and marshaled. Very scenic and not boring. Easy for spectators to make it to multiple locations to see the runners. Expo was small but perfectly fine. Post race party put on by the race sponsor was one of the best, if not the best, post race events (for race of any distance) I've ever seen. Local community really supports the race events held over the weekend. I'd highly recommend this race and hope to be back.

EVERYTHING is good for this race I will give 10 stars

I signed up for this event and was originally supposed to run in April of 2020. Due to Covid, it was delayed until April of 2021. It was delayed yet again and finally ran on November 14th, 2021. After almost 2 years of no marathons, I was finally going to run my 16th marathon and 15th state. The wait was well worth it! The expo was small but easy to navigate and close to the start line. They provided a beer glass and a non-technical race t-shirt. I was happy to see the shirt as I have a STACK of technicals at home. The race started at 7 am prompt the following morning with it 38 degrees outside...Perfect running temp! While there were no corrals, everyone seemed to be a seasoned runner and lined up accordingly. The race started on the boardwalk and after a few miles of boardwalk and blacktop, we were in the Cape Henlopen State Park. This was a mix of paved trails, crushed stone, and bridges. It was beautiful! The back half of the race is run on a trail through the forest and the fall leaves were amazing. The course is flat and the aid stations were perfect for the size of the event. I only gave 3 stars for spectators as there were few but I would have been fine if there were zero. The medal at the end of the event was very nice. Everyone received a logoed visor at this time as well. The post race food was Grotto Pizza where you could eat as much as you wanted. I/we also had 3 free beer tickets. To sum up the event, I would rank this as one of the best marathons I have done. Anyone looking to run a full in Deleware need not look any further.