Pete Browne's Staging Area

First the Good:
1. Course was well marked. KM signs visible.
2. Friendly volunteers.
3. Fairly flat course with a few minor hills and bridges.
4. Everything started right on time.
Now some observations and criticism.
1. At start, with 5 pre-designated entry gates and corrals, getting to baggage drop and corral in time was not easy.
2. Toilets were not on street or sidewalks. You had to travel a significant distance down a side street, and then back adding at least a couple hundred meters.
3. Aid stations ran out of fluids and/or cups the last 10k. Some people had to drink directly from bottles shared by others or cup hands. Other stations had cups but no fluids. Inexcusable for a WMM event. The temps were warm which is not in the event management’s control but how they prep for it is.
4. At finish metals and drink/food were a distance to walk. There was a large empty park there but instead, runners had to travel some distance. Then….
5. I had to walk about 8-10 blocks, based on my bib color, to get baggage.
Glad I got my star but would not otherwise make this a destination without some improvement.