Ian Spafford's Staging Area

The humidity was brutal, but the course was really cool and essentially goes on Duval St and along the coast, I just wish it hadn’t been a cup-free race (though a couple water stations thankfully had a few cups). Also the race people screwed up the bathroom lines by splitting one big line into a bunch of lines 10 mins before the race so everyone who’d been waiting and was near the front of the line lost their spot. Otherwise really cool race!

Great race, fairly cool course (though there’s not a ton to see in Indy, but it hits the big sites), super-flat, very well-run, though more urinals would have been great. I love that they give a cool-looking winter hat, that’s one of my favorite race swags I’ve gotten.

The course was fine, nothing too difficult, expo was fairly small, the race itself honestly felt fairly small, it goes around the city and was cool that it ran by Nissan Stadium and started at their minor league baseball stadium, but nothing too extraordinary. Some small hills but nothing major.

The course was great, some small hills but nothing too brutal, amazing ocean views, and a well-produced race. Race morning bib pickup went well and was surprisingly well-coordinated for a race of this size.

It’s a solid course with good views of the Charles River along the Esplanade, as well as a cool run down Newbury St, with moderate hills, but high humidity given the time of year in Boston.

Really well-run race, it goes through Honolulu which isn’t necessarily the nicest to look at, but also goes through some incredible spots, and the loop around Diamond Head is amazing (it’s an inactive volcano), but that mile-long uphill fairly late in the race was absolutely brutal. Cool afterparty, well-produced race.

Really well-run race, cool course through town and by the ocean, but the hills really sneak up on you. Great after-party and I really appreciated the race-morning bib pickup. Really well-run event.

The course was fine, expo was fairly typical Rock ‘n’ Roll, some small hills but nothing too brutal, some cool views of the desert, the only annoyance was it was a hassle to get off of the ASU campus after the race to get back to my hotel (it wasn’t clear how to leave the campus), as well as the heavy rain during the race.

Solid course, really cool boardwalk ending, not very hilly, not a ton of scenery along a lot of the course, but the last mile or so on the boardwalk was great. Well-produced event.

Central Connecticut is boring but the race is cool, goes through downtown Hartford and goes through West Hartford, running near both of West Hartford’s two Whole Foods, which are obviously the most important landmarks in central CT, and going through Elizabeth Park and finishing under the arch in Bushnell Park. Not too hilly, but also not totally flat.