Jenn Hess's Staging Area

This race was orifinally scheduled for mid-July, but postponed til September due to storms, so not sure if it’ll go back to summer or stay in the fall.

Fun race around Flushing Meadows Park, mainly flat, one little incline, and lots of shade. The cool part was we ran through the Shea parking lot, and ran the bases, as they have the bases in the parking lot, i def touched them all.

My time was OK, but life’s been getting in the way so I didn’t have a time goal.

Lots of fun swag – love teh tshirt (cotton), post-race had water, cookies, flavored water and bagels. Any race where i can get a large black/white cookie is a fav!

Highly recommend.

Highly recommend choosing this race as your Delaware race. The course is flat, scenic and fun…great crowd support, water spots, etc. I was a little stressed about finding parking on Sunday AM, but I arrived early and it was easy. The race swag is great – loved the tshirt and glass that you got at packet pickup, then the medal is huge and already have worn my finisher’s hat.

I didn’t have a good race, but I blame that on life getting in the way of training…maybe I’ll go back and redeem myself in a few years.

Was in Orlando to watch the Trials, so decided this would be a fun way to end my visit. I didn’t favor in that my legs would be super tired from lots of walking and spectating, but that’s OK.
It was cool to run part of the Trials course, and see all the chalk messages for the pros.
It was cloudy and humid, and i felt that at mile 2…the start was very crowded, & no one followed the pace signs that were very clearly placed, which is always a little frustrating, as i don’t want to fall.
It was cool to run the same last stretch as the pros…the medals were unexpected, good post-race snacks and I thought the shirt was great, can wear whenever. (I’m a fan of race cotton shirts vs tech.)

Decided to run this to get some of the NYC Marathon excitement, without running 26.2. I signed up in April, at which time they had no info. on logisitcs. I didn’t realize until a few weeks before that bag drop would be 2 miles from the start line…if i could have sold my race entry, i would have, but I ended up navigating the subway, walking to the start and overall having a nice morning. Race was very crowded, and it’s frustrating when people don’t seed themselves correctly, but I had a good race, ran even splits and didn’t trip or get knocked over. Loved the hat that we got, and lots of good post-race snacks. Took a bit of navigating to get back to the bag check area from the finish – they had some paths closed – but was able to find it w/ the help of some other runners. Overall a fun day, but probably won’t do it again.

Ran this inaugural race in my mom’s town. I run a lot when I’m there, so I’m familiar with the area. It was a really fun day and very well supported by town residents. Course was a flat loop course around the lake, with great fans at the finish line. I’m always happy when there are post-race bagels, and the awards ceremony was well-presented. Only tips are to register early, as the t-shirt cutoff is early; and parking at the event location can be tight – parking is available across Pascack Rd. on the neighborhood streets. Looking forward to running this race again – my mom loves to see my run, lol! She can’t keep talking about how much she enjoyed it.

This was my 2nd half marathon of 2022. I knew the course would be hilly, and trained the best I could, but a few colds derailed me training some (thankfully not COVID). So my goal going into the race was to finish – no time goal.

I had registered back in November, so I’d been looking forward to this trip for a long time!

It was my first “normal” expo, and I really enjoyed it. The volunteers were super-friendly, great merchandise available to commemorate the event, and so much race swag! My suitcase was packed.

I was a little overwhelmed on Sunday morning trying to find the baggage check buses, but a few runners let me tag along and made sure I ended up in the right spot.

Lots of fears about rain on race day were taken over by the humidity. It was warm at the start, and I tried to be conservative in pace before I reached the hills. And well, the hills definitely disappoint. I just kept moving, and knew we’d eventually get to mile 10!

Course support was awesome, especially the cop who high-fived runners and blew his whistle everytime, and those handing out tissues and oranges.

I was on my own, so after finishing, grabbed my stuff, my celebratory beer, and then headed back to my hotel.

It was a great experience, and has me itching to travel for more races. And I’ll be back at the Pig again in a few years…gotta conquer those hills!

I also recommend joining the race’s Facebook group – so much good information was shared!