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Pittsburgh Marathon Runner Comments
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Course 4.6 
Organization 4.5 
Spectators 4.6
Number of comments: 226 [displaying comments 111 to 121]
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M. G. from Harrisburg, PA
(5/16/2011)
 "Love this race. I will be back next year." (about: 2011)
4-5 previous marathons
| 1 Pittsburgh Marathon
COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 4 FANS: 5 Love the course. Great fan support. Lots of bands playing along the way. I wish we could have had a stadium finish and not just a parking lot finish but it was cool how the finish line was right after crossing the last bridge. Not much direction at the end of the race to find food, water or shuttles back to hotel. Looking forward to running again next year. | |
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E. C. from Princeton, NJ
(5/16/2011)
 "Really Fun Race... Tough Course" (about: 2011)
4-5 previous marathons
| 1 Pittsburgh Marathon
COURSE: 4 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 3 Of the four marathons I've run, this was by far the best organized and centered around making the runner's experience great. Terrific in-race support, great course markers, and very solid logistics. | |
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Jay Hagerman from Gibsonia, PA
(5/15/2011)
"City of Champions lives up to its name" (about: 2011)
3 previous marathons
| 2 Pittsburgh Marathons
COURSE: 4 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 5 Having run both the 2010 and 2011 Pittsburgh Marathons, it is clear that the race director, and the city itself, are jointly making all of the needed changes to put put this race on the map. The expo was fantastic, there was a great goody bag, and the friendly volunteers made the pre-race easy. Parking was rough on race day and the start line was far from the parking. The new course offers a great start, although waves (like Disney) would be preferred. The volunteers and spectators are great along the course, and the finish in 2011 is amazing compared to 2010. The medal at the end is fantastic! Come run the City of Bridges in 2012 - it will only get better, I'm sure! | |
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L. L. from California
(5/15/2011)
"Fantastic Organization, Spectators, and Race" (about: 2011)
11-50 previous marathons
| 1 Pittsburgh Marathon
COURSE: 4 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 5 I feel compelled to write a review for this marathon. I have run 18 marathons and this is the first review I've ever posted. I signed up for this race knowing it wasn't an easy course. There were no negative surprises in the course; the second half is pretty hilly. That being said, the course was never congested (at least not at my pace), it went through really fun areas, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The spectators are lively & fantastic as well! The organization was top notch. The communication was timely, thorough, and their Facebook posts generated tons of enthusiasm for me and others. I highly recommend this race and think people contemplating running this will not be disappointed. | |
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D. D. from PA
(2/24/2011)
 "Great City, Great People" (about: 2011)
4-5 previous marathons
| 1 Pittsburgh Marathon
COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 5 The Pittsburgh Marathon is not for the faint of heart but it is one of the most unique courses I have run. You get to see quite the neighborhoods throughout the journey (although I only did the half). I am pumped to run it again this year. | |
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Jeff Harmon from Pittsburgh, PA
(11/16/2010)
"Great course with a lousy finish line" (about: 2010)
3 previous marathons
| 1 Pittsburgh Marathon
COURSE: 3 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 4 Growing up watching runners come over the bridge and enter Point State Park, I thought it was the coolest thing ever. For a race like Pittsburgh to now have its finish line in some random place near the convention center just sucks. Fortunately that's my only complaint: expo was great, medal was excellent, and crowd support was decent given the nasty weather. | |
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C. T. from Pittsburgh, PA
(11/8/2010)
"Tough course, fantastic experience" (about: 2010)
4-5 previous marathons
| 2 Pittsburgh Marathons
COURSE: 4 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 5 I've run this marathon both years since it resumed. The course is challenging - a big uphill stretch between mile 11 and 13 - but it also ends with a nice, long downhill followed by a flat mile. The crowd support is great throughout, especially on the north side, where the mayor lives, in the south side, where you pass all the pubs, and Oakland, where the University of Pittsburgh is located. But the highlight is Bloomfield, at mile 23. This is the Italian neighborhood in Pittsburgh, and they show up in HUGE numbers to cheer you on before the big downhill. Just down the street, you pass Church Brew Works, a former church turned into a brewery, where they hand out small cups of beer. My first year on this course, I was really struggling at this point and that swig of beer helped me remember that running is fun, and got me through to the finish line. Don't expect a PR, but this is a great race experience. | |
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J. P. from Columbus, Ohio
(10/19/2010)
"What a great place to run" (about: 2010)
6-10 previous marathons
| 1 Pittsburgh Marathon
COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 5 Very beautiful course. Best shirt I've ever gotten from a race. Organization deserved more than 5 stars. Too bad they can't help that it rained in 2010. However, there were still people out on the street cheering you on! | |
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C. E. from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
(7/26/2010)
"Wet" (about: 2010)
First Marathon
COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 5 This was my first marathon so I had little to no idea what to expect. I trained for just about everything, except running 20+ miles in driving rain. Even with the rain this was a tremendous experience that I will remember forever. The crowd support was great, and the water stations on the course were frequent and very well staffed. Even with the wet feet I had a great time, and in fact the rain was actually refreshing due to the hot and humid temperature at the start of the race. I had heard some complaints about congestion at the finish line, but this was mostly from people who ran the half marathon where a higher number of people finish around the same time. When I finished I had no problem getting food and drink at the finish line. The finisher's medal was also great - it reminds me more of an Olympic medal than a marathon finisher's medal. Can't wait until next year; two thumbs up. | |
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John Kish from Mercer, Pennsylvania
(7/23/2010)
"First Marathon Experience + Pittsburgh = Amazing" (about: 2010)
1 previous marathon
| 1 Pittsburgh Marathon
COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 5 This was my first long-distance running event, but after years of running for enjoyment, my friends convinced me to run one... and let me tell you that it was AWESOME. The fact that it rained the whole time just made things more enjoyable. My time was not as good as I'd hoped since the wet weather unexpectedly blistered my toes to the point that after mile 13 I could only run flat-footed, but I wouldn't trade away any of the experience. Plus, I'm not entirely upset with a first time finish of 3 hours and 48 minutes - it just gives me a time to beat next time around! |
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