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First of all, I would like to say Thank you to the race organization for a free race entry. I really enjoyed everything about this course and marathon. I especially liked that even though the 1/2 marathon and marathon started at the same place it was nice that the marathon and 1/2 corals were separate and we basically never saw he 1/2 marathon runners. The only this that I would change is to get a different post race beer besides Heineken and different post race food besides potato taco’s but no complaints. Great Race and Great Pacers.

This is the second race of the Hangover Half Series (5K/5K/13.1). I like this 5k because you start at 11:45 pm right before midnight. About halfway through, you can hear and see the fireworks for midnight. The hardest part about this race is to get your body ready for bed after you are all hyped up after the race.

It was a great cold race.

however….some of the things that I don’t like are:
-I wish they would have same day race pickup. ( I live 2 hours away from St. louis and I try not to get a hotel room and just come up that day)
-They need to have more CHOCOLATE. All you get at the end is a little cup of hot chocolate, mini bag of pretzels, 1 marshmallow, a mini banana, and some fondu.

This was a new race this year that the proceeds with to the VA for veteran’s. I placed in my age group so I thought I was going to get something for that but they didn’t have awards. What I really liked was that the local Boy Scouts came out and manned the water stop and also held their hands out for high-fives at the end.

I had the same problem in NYC, as well as Chicago 5k. There were a lot of people that decided to stop in the middle of road to take pictures. One thing I enjoyed with this race was that we race through the streets of New York City and finished inside Central Park.

Chicago is always my favorite marathon to run because of the hype of it being a major and having over 45k runners.

This year’s course was a little hillier than last year and in my opinion the weather was better. 2017 weather was 85 degree and sunny and 2018 weather was about 55-60 degrees and a little rain and wind.

The crowd was great, as well as, the water stops about every 1.5-2 miles.

This was a 2 loop course in Louisville, Kentucky. I would have liked to see a little more water stops and with cups instead of mini-bottles. it was fairly flat with only 1 decent hill. I also found out at the end that it was short of a 30k by about 2k because of flooding from the river.

If you don’t like running by yourself in the middle of nowhere, this is not your race. There were about 100 runners for this half marathon. It starts around 7 pm at the bottom of a huge hill. The water stops were amazing, they have water, soda, Gummy bears, other items.

The last 4.5 miles of this course are super flat. It starts and finishing on the greenway. My only compliant is that the greenway is a public trail and other individuals use this as well as the race.

This is not bad of a race. it is fairly flat. There is one hill that you have to expect, it is close to the end. I wish that they would have put the water stop after the hill instead of before it.

The 5k course was not spectacular. It was at the Texas Fair but you ran pretty much in the parking lot. What would have made it more spectacular was to get to run inside the Cotton Bowl.

This was a great race around Creve Coeur lake in a suburb of St. Louis. The half marathon course starts at the lake and goes to the Missouri River and then down to the Katy trail and then back. It is pretty flat except going from the Katy Trail back up to the bridge to cross the Missouri River. The volunteers were great. Swag-wise, you get a Tshirt, cookies (That were amazing), free beer, a pint glass (Would be better if they would put the beer in the pint glass), and a medal. The only negative is that I wish they would start the 7K either earlier or later than the half marathon so that when the transition comes, you don’t have to get behind those that are turning.

I participated in the 5k and marathon for Rock and Roll. The 5k is REALLY flat. I set a new PR breaking my old PR by almost 2 minutes. Not a whole lot of fans on the 5k route but it was still a great race. The EXPO for the Rock and Roll New Orleans was pretty lousy.

I participated in the Hangover Series (2 5k and a half marathon) . It was COLD!!! The second 5k started with a temperature of 3 degrees and the half started with a temperature of -5; however, both places had an indoor facility that allowed us to stay inside until the last possible moment. The volunteers were great as well as they had to endure the temperatures.

This is race #2 of the Hangover Half Series. This race starts at 11:45 pm and goes into the New Year. In 2017, I believe this race was 2 degrees, but the director was smart and had a place for us to stay inside until the start of the race. it starts at the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame

I run this race every year mainly because it was the very first race that I ever ran. Also, it is very cheap, on thanksgiving, great shirt, and a very easy, flay course.

-Flat course
-Great fan support
-Water/Gatorade every 1.5 to 2 miles
-This was my first full marathon and even though the weather didn’t cooperate (it was a hotter day) I finished and am going to apply for the lottery again next year

This race provided me with a new personal best in the half marathon. I thought it was pretty flat, with 1 hill bit it wasnt too bad. I enjoyed the trail part of the run due to not being on the pavement. After the race, free beer, pretzel bagel(was the best), breakfast burritos, and pastries.

This is a low production mud run but they also make it a race. The running part is very hilly. Some of the obstacles could be better but with the costs that you pay it is not that bad. The end, they have pizza and beer at a local pizza restaurant.

Great Race. It was downhill for the first part, then flat on the Katy trail, the last 1/2 mile was pretty much straight uphill. I enjoyed it because it was a challenge. The only bad part is that in 2018 the race will be moved to another site.

I run this race every year mainly because it was the very first race that I ever ran. Also, it is very cheap, on thanksgiving, great shirt, and a very easy, flay course.

I run this race every year mainly because it was the very first race that I ever ran. Also, it is very cheap, on thanksgiving, great shirt, and a very easy, flay course.