The course was fine, and the awards were nice. What I didn't appreciate was the lazy volunteers. If the turn was to the right, the water tables were too far … MORE
The course was fine, and the awards were nice. What I didn’t appreciate was the lazy volunteers. If the turn was to the right, the water tables were too far to the left; it’s a lot of distance to cover each time. The volunteers never handed out the water in person; they just sat there, doing nothing at all. To make matters worse, they had their stuff including a stroller and others IN THE WAY of me trying to get the water bottle off the table. A volunteer stood with her back turned, preventing me to get the water bottle, and I had repeatedly told her to move out of the way but she never did it. What was the idiot doing there after all? Was she going to do something actually, or was she being rude to the runners on purpose? On the other hand, there was no bicyclist or motorcyclist to lead out the runners, and I got lost at one point, causing me to lose some time. That’s because I couldn’t see the marking on the road very well (try doing that after 9 to 11 miles of hard running; you can’t think clearly anymore) or there were no signs or volunteers at several turns. Some of the roads, especially in the Riverside Park which had unleashed dogs(!), were not cordoned off well with some cars/trucks going too fast in there. Anyway, these problems are easily corrected, but I am not coming back for this race again. The dwindling turnout this year compared to the past probably explains all the problems I had undergone.
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An Okay Race.
The course was fine, and the awards were nice. What I didn't appreciate was the lazy volunteers. If the turn was to the right, the water tables were too far … MORE
The course was fine, and the awards were nice. What I didn’t appreciate was the lazy volunteers. If the turn was to the right, the water tables were too far to the left; it’s a lot of distance to cover each time. The volunteers never handed out the water in person; they just sat there, doing nothing at all. To make matters worse, they had their stuff including a stroller and others IN THE WAY of me trying to get the water bottle off the table. A volunteer stood with her back turned, preventing me to get the water bottle, and I had repeatedly told her to move out of the way but she never did it. What was the idiot doing there after all? Was she going to do something actually, or was she being rude to the runners on purpose? On the other hand, there was no bicyclist or motorcyclist to lead out the runners, and I got lost at one point, causing me to lose some time. That’s because I couldn’t see the marking on the road very well (try doing that after 9 to 11 miles of hard running; you can’t think clearly anymore) or there were no signs or volunteers at several turns. Some of the roads, especially in the Riverside Park which had unleashed dogs(!), were not cordoned off well with some cars/trucks going too fast in there. Anyway, these problems are easily corrected, but I am not coming back for this race again. The dwindling turnout this year compared to the past probably explains all the problems I had undergone.