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Jul 7, 2024

Cowtown Marathon Runner Comments

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Course 4.0

Organization 3.7

Spectators 3.4

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M. W. from Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan (2/28/2005) "This is the standard for a good marathon" (about: 2005) 6-10 previous marathons \| 1 Cowtown Marathon COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 5 1. This course has P.R. written all over it. Cool, overcast weather, with rain at the end. Flat course. Great cops and great spectators through a great city. Beer at mile 21 and heck it was good. Lots of water and Powerade as well as fruit and Oreos and candy. Great shirts and medals. The food at the end was off-the-scale fantastic. A cold, rainy finish with hot stew, cinnamon rolls, doughnuts, and energy drinks. If you do not enjoy this marathon, stop running them, it does not get better. The mildest criticism is that the packet pick-up closed at 6:00 p.m., and that is early for people flying in. Thank every one of you who put this marathon on and/or assisted in any way.
P. D. from Rockwall, Texas (2/28/2005) "First-time marathoner - loved it" (about: 2005) 1 previous marathon \| 1 Cowtown Marathon COURSE: 4 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 4 This was my first marathon so I wouldn't know how to compare it. I loved it and I'm hooked! Can't wait to do more. I'd definitely comeback to Cowtown again. The volunteers were great. Nice food table at the end. Cloudy day with cold rain during the last hour of my race. Not many hills at all. Fluid aid stations ran out of Powerade during the first half, but this was not a problem after the half-marathoners split off. Would have liked to have been reassured about the number of porta-potties on the course ahead of time. Also didn't see the Tekchip booth at the expo Saturday morning. But no harm done. I will always remember Ft. Worth and my first marathon. I would definitely like to do it again.
M. M. from ft worth (2/27/2005) "A good time" (about: 2005) 4-5 previous marathons \| 2 Cowtown Marathons COURSE: 4 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 3 The hellathon was 100 times better than last year. Plenty of people offering bananas and other carbs. Plus they had drinks other than water. The people that worked the stations, plus the Ft. Worth Police that worked the intersections were tops. Very friendly. I will definitely run Ft. Worth again.
D. M. from Lubbock, TX (2/27/2005) "Very good small marathon" (about: 2005) 6-10 previous marathons \| 1 Cowtown Marathon COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 4 FANS: 4 The comments from last year seem to have been addressed. The course is very nice, wandering through an eclectic array of residential areas, parks, and urban areas. Never a dull moment. Plenty of aid stations. PLEASE, race directors, stop using plastic cups! The logistics must have been a nightmare, with all the intersections, closing down very busy streets on a Saturday morning, but the organizers pulled it off without a hitch. Expo was small, but good quality. Innovative chip technology, but no official chip time, since the chip wasn't detected at the start. Very much worth the visit to Ft. Worth.
C. T. from Lewisville, Texas (2/27/2005) "No 'Bad Cow Disease' at FW Marathon" (about: 2005) 1 previous marathon \| 1 Cowtown Marathon COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 5 Being my 1st marathon, I won't be as critical, nor have a point of reference. It seems like some of the points have been addressed this year. Water Stations - Powerade offered along with water. Still in plastic cups. Fruits offered last third of marathon course. Organization - Markers and volunteers made getting off course by mistake almost impossible. Police did a great job allowing runners right-of-way, fans were great. Port-o-lets - Not many, but were present, particularly in the parks. Main concern was having plenty at the start line before and after the race and it was adequate. Say I'm looking through rose-colored glasses. Lost 35 lbs. in 8 months - trained in 8 weeks. Don't think this should be compared to major marathons, but some past concerns (Powerade) were addressed. Did not find the 'fat lady' singing towards the end of run - would have been a nice touch.
m. s. from ft worth (2/26/2005) "Great race" (about: 2005) 3 previous marathons \| 2 Cowtown Marathons COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 4 This year's marathon was totally different from my previous two runs. Having something to drink other than water, the bananas and other food at different areas, and finally the support from the people working the tables were a great plus. Great job Cowtown. I will definitely run next year
M. S. from Texas (2/26/2005) "Ran today (2-26-2005). Great day." (about: 2005) 4-5 previous marathons \| 1 Cowtown Marathon COURSE: 4 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 3 If they just could have controlled Mother Nature it would have been great. This year there was plenty of water and sports drinks about every mile and half. They offered fruit/candy/cookies closer to the end of the race. There were a few folks who lived in the neighborhoods playing music and singing as we went by. The race was well run. We had no problems getting our packets and there was plenty of food afterwards. Everyone working was wet but very friendly. The police did a fantastic job of controlling the streets. The course was pretty good. We ran through parts of old downtown, in neighborhoods, along the river, by two golf courses. After reading other comments I think the problem with water was fixed, and although there were not a lot of fans, I don't expect that unless you get into Boston/Chicago. But what people were out did great. Would run this again.
m. m. from ft worth (2/17/2005) "Lacking in the important areas." (about: 2004) 2 previous marathons \| 1 Cowtown Marathon COURSE: 2 ORGANIZATION: 3 FANS: 3 I have to agree with the other posts. Just water, and no bathrooms. As I was running the first 5 to 10 miles, I kept seeing people breaking off from the pack, and relieving themselves behind cars, buildings, houses, trees, etc. Water is fine for a 3 to 5 mile race. But for 26.2 miles, a runner needs more. But overall, I'll run it again. I live here, and I will continue to support it. The people that worked the stations were very nice.
J. J. from Arlington,TX (10/12/2004) "First marathon..." (about: 2004) First Marathon COURSE: 4 ORGANIZATION: 2 FANS: 3 This being my first marathon I have nothing to compare it to. I trained with Lukes so parts of the course were very familer - that was a plus. ONLY WATER! What's up with that? What am I, a camel? Lucky for me I had family and friends on the course to provide some Powerade for me and who ever I happened to be running next to at the time. The other runners were very happy for the boost. Special thanks to the local running clubs for the food and fuel at 22 & 23 miles. Some one even offered me fried chicken. Post-race was ok, the tortilla soup was the bomb. What no massage at the finish? I'd do it again just to beat my time.
D. H. from Irvign Texas (6/12/2004) "Come on, Cowtown, you can do much better" (about: 2004) 2 previous marathons \| 1 Cowtown Marathon COURSE: 4 ORGANIZATION: 2 FANS: 3 Cowtown needs to get up with the times! There was no use of chips for timing, no food, no Gatorade, plastic cups that when you squeezed them to not spill the water they fell apart in your hand... the list can go on and on... I?ve seen Luke?s Locker put on a far better 5K run than this afterthought of a marathon. What happened? Cowtown needs to get some help from Dallas or something. But one of the disappointing things I found out after the race was that there were no finishing pictures of runners. I ran my heart out and dropped my marathon time by almost 2 hours from running my first marathon, Run the Rock, in December. Crossed the finished line a little over four hours (4:08:32 to be exact). Yeah, go me! And I have no pics of me and my clock... But looking past all the negative parts, it was fun to run around Fort Worth. Fort Worth has its own unique character and personality. I enjoyed the course greatly, for me it made the miles fly by. So yeah I?ll probably run it again, but it won?t be one that I?ll train for this year.

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