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@PasadenaTrojan
Pasadena, CA Raving since 2024 Active 5 months, 1 week agoAbout Me
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Personal Bests (1)
| Race | Distance | Location | Date | Result |
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| Holiday Half Marathon & 5K (CA) | Half Marathon | Pomona, CA | Dec 14, 2024 | 3:15:00 |
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Past Races (2)
| Race | Distance | Location | Date | Result | My Raves | My Performance |
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| Surf City Marathon & Half Marathon | Half Marathon | Huntington Beach, CA | Feb 1, 2026 |
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| Holiday Half Marathon & 5K (CA) | Half Marathon | Pomona, CA | Dec 14, 2024 | 3:15:00 |
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Surf City Marathon & Half Marathon
Great location, (mostly) well organized
Surf City Marathon & Half Marathon
You cannot beat the location - most of the race is on PCH (and bike path if you are running the full). Course has 1-2 small hills, but I consider … MORE
You cannot beat the location – most of the race is on PCH (and bike path if you are running the full). Course has 1-2 small hills, but I consider this an easy course.
Motiv who puts on the race overall does a good job – well organized with plenty of porta-poties, etc. My only gripe is that for the Half there was supposed to be 1 station that had Singer gummies – I am on the slower side, so by the time I got to that aid station, they were out. This happened at Long Beach as well last October. Why they don’t stock enough on-course support is something that really shouldn’t happen in my opinion – the race always sells out, so they know exactly how many people will be running.
Holiday Half Marathon & 5K (CA)
Half not worth running anymore
Holiday Half Marathon & 5K (CA)
The race weekend consists of 5k/10k on Saturday, and half on Sunday. I've run both the 10k and the half. It has been a number of years since I ran … MORE
The race weekend consists of 5k/10k on Saturday, and half on Sunday. I’ve run both the 10k and the half. It has been a number of years since I ran the half.
Today’s half was a real disappointment:
1) Course was very crowded / congested at a number of points. Mainly because there were thousands of kids participating as part of SRLA.
2) Aid stations, with the exception of one, just had water. The one aid station that did have Gatorade it was watered down a lot. There were NO aid stations that had gels, etc. First half I’ve ever ran that had such limited on-course nutrition.
3) Post-race goodies were meh – no bananas, no Gatorade. Just water and a few small snack bags.
On the plus side, the snowflake metals are cool – mine is hanging on our Christmas tree.
Unfortunately based on today’s experience, I won’t be running this race again.