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Akron Marathon Runner Comments
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Course 4.5 
Organization 4.8 
Spectators 4.5
Number of comments: 309 [displaying comments 191 to 201]
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M. H. from USA
(9/30/2007)
 "Outstanding Marathon Experience!" (about: 2007)
1 previous marathon
| 1 Akron Marathon
COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 5 With all of the positive reviews already posted, I don't really have anything new to add; I just wanted to throw my two cents in and iterate what a great race this is. Well organized, beautiful, challenging course, plenty of porta-potties - and on and on. This is simply a world-class event. | |
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D. B. from Maryland
(9/30/2007)
"Excellent Marathon" (about: 2007)
11-50 previous marathons
| 1 Akron Marathon
COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 5 Organizers go all out. Where else can you get a Brooks long-sleeve running t-shirt for a premium AND a pair of shoes for finishing? Fine expo. Excellent crowd support virtually the entire length. Music by 2 marching bands and 3 other groups. Water stops every mile starting at just shy of mile 18. Several GU stops. Great traffic control. Good post-race refreshments. Challenging course - especially section in Sand Run Park. Rolling throughout. Short hill at 21.5-mile mark finally made me walk. But why do a marathon if it's not a challenge? Just a super marathon. No complaints other than use of PowerAde. I'd do it again. | |
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Mark Norris from Knoxville, Tennessee
(9/30/2007)
"Excellent course, host city, and fan support!!!!" (about: 2007)
2 previous marathons
| 1 Akron Marathon
COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 5 This was only my second marathon and it will be a regular for years to come! I can't say enough about the fan support along the course. If you registered early enough your name was printed on the bib and it really helped to have people yell your name out over the last miles. The expo/packet pick up was well organized with plenty of vendors offering well discounted running clothes/equipment etc. I stayed at the Radisson and it was easily within walking distance of both the start and finish; they also had a great pasta buffet the night before (I chose this over the race-sponsored dinner because I had just flown in from Knoxville,TN and driven down from Cleveland so I was a little tired and wanted something easy). The weather and start time were great. The course itself was very challenging, I want to thank Chris the 3:20 pace group leader he was excellent, I had to let them go at mile 20 but PR'd with a 3:25. The 2+ mile hill at mile 17 was very tough. I run in the Smokey Mountains, so hills are a part of all my runs; this one was not that steep... it's just long and it definitely took a lot out of my legs. Stay motivated, though, because after that I would say the majority of the 7+ miles left are flat or downhill. Great finish in the stadium, the only con I could possibly come up with (and it is not much) is that the post-race food left something to be desired. You got a bag with popcorn, a turkey and cheese sandwich, and some fruit. Bagels or PB&J sandwiches would have gone down easier than the turkey and popcorn - personal preference, of course, and not really a complaint. Overall, a definite 5-star experience and a must-run marathon. The medal is awesome, and the free Brooks shoes along with the Dri-Fit Brooks race shirt are great. | |
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Jenny Wiggins from Columbus Ohio
(9/30/2007)
 "What an amazing 2007 race day!" (about: 2007)
4-5 previous marathons
| 1 Akron Marathon
COURSE: 4 ORGANIZATION: 4 FANS: 5 The 2007 Akron Marathon was an incredible experience! The views were breathtaking and the course was challenging! The support of the Akron community was so motivating and definitely appreciated! It was the perfect way to celebrate all the hard training. Way to go runners! | |
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J. H. from Ohio
(9/29/2007)
"Great race" (about: 2007)
11-50 previous marathons
| 3 Akron Marathons
COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 5 Good job on the weather (and everything else too)! | |
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Joe Booth Jr from Akron, Oh
(9/29/2007)
"Amazing" (about: 2007)
1 previous marathon
| 1 Akron Marathon
COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 5 This was my very first marathon and I was also the first wheelchair in the full marathon. Everyone involved with this event, from Jim Barnett the race director to each and every volunteer, the Akron police and, the entire community of Akron were nothing less than amazing. The course is beautiful and challenging, and the community is 100% behind and supportive of the runners and make it known all through the race with cheering and encouragement. The people at the fluid and GU stations were all wonderful! Even a couple, whose driveway I broke down in with mechanical problem, was wonderful to me. Not knowing who I was they offered the use of tools I did not have with me so I could fix my wheelchair and finish the race. They saved my day from a dismal and depressing DNF to a wonderful finish as the first wheeler in the race ever. Thank you to all who give of their time to put on this world-class event and make each participant feel so special. | |
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Dean Peterson from Appleton,WI
(9/29/2007)
"City of Akron should be proud" (about: 2007)
50+ previous marathons
| 1 Akron Marathon
COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 5 What a great day. Having finished all 50 states and 80+, this is one of the best organized marathons I have seen. Coming into Canal Park with all the spectators and runners in the stands made the first 26 miles worth it. Thank you to all the wonderful volunteers who worked and cheered hard. A great team effort. You should be proud when all the work and attention to details comes together. Thank you, Akron. | |
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Vicki hughes from Lima, OH
(5/18/2007)
"I love this race!" (about: 2005)
50+ previous marathons
| 4-5 Akron Marathons
COURSE: 4 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 4 I have run all 4 and they just get better each year! At one of the races I actually got to run and talk with Bill Rodgers for about a mile (he was hurting) - what other sport can you talk to a legend and have them treat you like an equal? He is the greatest! | |
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T. S. from Medina
(3/26/2007)
"I will enter this one again" (about: 2006)
11-50 previous marathons
| 1 Akron Marathon
COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 3 I liked the Akron Marathon. Akron is the only marathon I've ever been to that has enough portable toilets at the starting area. The Akron race director understands. Other marathons that I've entered try to cut costs in this area but Akron produces a major league race. The shirt and hat that the entrants received were high quality. Each entrant received a one-year subscription to Running Times. In 2006, each marathon finisher got a coupon for Etonic shoes. In 2007, Akron is giving each marathon finisher a pair of Brooks shoes. I don't know of any other marathon that does this. The course is blocked off from auto traffic. It is quiet and shaded when the course travels through the two parks from mile 11 - 19. Akron does not have a pancake-flat course but the hills scattered along the course were reasonable. Akron has a loop course with an almost unlimited amount of free parking on race morning. There are several free parking decks at the nearby university. | |
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M. V. from Columbus
(12/20/2006)
 "too many hills" (about: 2006)
11-50 previous marathons
| 1 Akron Marathon
COURSE: 3 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 3 Akron is an excellent event. Even though it is not a mega-marathon, the roads are blocked off from automobile traffic in every section of the course. There are clocks at every mile marker and Akron records your time at 10k, 15k, 25k, and 30k. The two heavily wooded park sections offer quiet, peaceful running from around miles 10 - 18. As much as I liked the race Akron produced, I would recommend that somebody who wants a flat, fast marathon avoid Akron. The number of hills were too much for me. I have completed marathons in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Toledo, and Towpath. Akron's course is the most interesting to run of these Ohio marathons. Akron was the most difficult though. I had trouble walking for 3 days after Akron. |
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