Maureen Brown's Staging Area

The weather was perfect! The buses were better than the last time, the ferry was quick. Running in NYC is a once in a lifetime experience, the crowds are insane, everyone comes out to cheer you on. The signs are hilarious – “Pain in French means bread” was a standout this year.

The Cow Harbor Race is amazing, the entire neighborhood comes out to support and cheer the runners. People were dressed up as cows, they had their houses decorated and cow themed cheering parties. The one thing the hills are absolutely brutal, but the race was one of a kind, will do again. The amount of food after is insane, mounds of sweet goodies.

The race course was beautiful, the end of the race was pretty rough a huge hill just before the finish. Water stops were few and far in between at the beginning, so if you run this bring your own hydration. Bring bug spray as well, the mosquitos were out. The people cheering and volunteers were amazing. I lucked out the weather was gorgeous.

The event itself was pretty awesome, lots of hills. I stayed at an AirBNB on East Liberty and was able to walk to all the races, it took me about a 1/2 hour. Getting to the race is easy and so is getting out at the end. Also events for children
The West End Mile was really mellow and nice, free skyline coney, beer, and water.
The 10K went off without a hitch, the 5K was delayed due to lightning, pretty well handled, notification by text and race officials notified groups in person to confirm.
The 1/2 marathon was a BIG production, people pulled out all the stops, cheering, swedish fish, chocolate, twizzlers, pretzels, beer, shots, coconut water, orange slices, you name it was there. The hills were pretty brutal, but not horrible. The humidity was killer. The 1/2 got red-flagged half way through my section of the race. At the end of the race you had many choices banana, orange, apple, gogo fruit, pretzels, cookies, and pizza. Outside there was a town of free things being given away. It was a pretty amazing race and would recommend it to anyone.

Getting into and out of the race is ridiculous, not well planned at all. The course is very flat, fairly dark in spots, and the road is not easy to run on. The crowds and views are amazing, people offering shots, food, and water. The medals and shirts were worth it. It was a great experience and I am glad I did it.

The weather was perfect and sunny. Plenty of volunteers, cheering squads and water stops. Great views of the entire park. Some tough hills, but overall, a pretty good course.

Central Park is always beautiful, cat hill never my favorite and had to run it twice, but never as bad as I imagine. The weather was just about perfect. NYRR volunteers were out cheering like crazy.

It was a beautiful and peaceful run through the trees with fall foliage, a couple of small hills and a relatively small race – people wise. Easy route, out and back, one water / Gatorade station at miles 2.4 and 3.8. The people were great. The medal was well designed.

The sound of the ocean was relaxing too bad it was raining and the weather unusually cold. Not a lot of cheering but where there were people they made up for the empty roads. I would definitely run this again.