Venu Vegesana's Staging Area

Its best organized race and must do from first timers to experienced runners.
The race organizers and volunteers makes this special with their passion to help all runners to achieve their dream.
Best Points
Nicely organized
Best Volunteers
AID stations with lots of food options
Photographs
Support
well maintained course with scenic Umstead park.
Awesome runners to run with

Very good race where we run 4 times around the lake. good production and aid stations to make this race lively.
Done this race as part of my training run and want to do every year if possible. Liked the course where its mostly flat with little rolling hills.
The crowd support is good at start line and good practice to make your own aid station for the ultra training.

Heard about Derby 50k and registered with friends but not planning to do as i am recovering from series of races in October.
After going there the atmosphere and energy is different level with awesome runners and amazing race team for the wonderful race.
the packet pick up is simple in the church and we dropped the dog food in van.
Race started and its 3 loops of 10.5 miles with 3 AID stations. the course is beautiful and the race team is amazing.
AID stations have all items needed.
In the end surprised with big fat medal and yummy spagati dinner and desserts. Also got another swag in mail.
This is must do race for me every year for sure and I love the experience.

Amazing crowed support for 50k
Scenic course
More aid stations
expo is big and swag is good.
Liked the crowd all over with early start.
Finish line is great with Marines giving medal
Great support and experience overall race

Its simple packet pickup and small town race
great race support team and wonderful pasta dinner
Good aid stations and course support
Beautiful Course with Rolling Hills. save energy for last miles

Completed Full Marathon. It’s very good half marathon for the crowd and excitement around
Full marathon course is bored after 14th mile as it takes to some lonely trail. The hwy 163 is another stretch that js not exciting with long hwy till we reach downtown again.

Enjoyed the race with good course of flat and hilly in first half.

pros
Expo is simple and only for Bib collection
lots of parking near expo and race start.
closest parking to race start/finish
Scenic first half with river, hills and good neibourhood parks.
the second half is straight river trail with wooden bridges and some folks felt difficult to go straight for 6.5 miles and come back
Good medal and reasonable crowd
good Aid stations all over
cons
expo is very minimal
course is off at least quarter mile

beautiful city and mid sized race.
Easy packet pickup at convention center and good no of business and counters on race course etc.
Easy near by parking on city garages free
7.30 start and runners can stand inside convention center before start
first few miles around UT and then into beautiful neighborhoods before heading into downtown in last few miles.
The course is hilly but enjoyable with local support.
Good post race party with lots of food inside and beer.

Well Organized Race all days
Lots of Volunteers and Space for 30k runners
Great Swag and post race events
Super Crowd and beautiful course

Before the race it’s Chicago that makes this race great and simple. The transportation is very easy from airport to downtown and local commute. Easy access to restaurants and big expo
Next is crowd on the race course ..Amazing support through and it’s like festival
Course is very good except many runners had tough experience with humid weather this year .
Defiantly will revisit the race in future and one of the best experience
The finish festival should be improved. For the race of this scale there are not enough experience for runner after finish line.

Great flat course
Well Organized with more corals
Good Support from crowd
Good Swag
Nice Weather
Water Stations every 1.5 miles and great support.