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Organization 4.4

Spectators 4.3

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Chris Caron from Ham Lake, MN (10/23/2010)

"What a marathon!" (about: 2010)

1 previous marathon | 1 Mankato Marathon
COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 5

I ran my first full marathon at Mankato and I think it is a beautiful city in which to spend the weekend. My experience with the trail alone is more on the scenic side. It has a few friendly elevations to it, nice water stops every 2-3 miles from volunteers, and of course, like many other races, it gets physically tough near the end so the citizens of Mankato cheer for you. This event held its inaugural marathon/relay/half marathon/10K in October 2010, which makes this Minnesota's newest marathon, and I felt really proud that I had that chance to run it. Some more info about this year's competition: we had 680 marathoners with 577 finishers (I was the 183rd with a 2nd-place division medal). And yes, everyone gets a finisher medal, T-shirts, and goodie bags, so that makes me want to come back for 2011. Pre-race meals are at discounted prices at 14 restaurant choices around town too. I'd say overall that this is an exceptionally well organized race.

B. D. from Twin Cities, MN (10/23/2010)

"Great Race for an Inaugural!" (about: 2010)

6-10 previous marathons | 1 Mankato Marathon
COURSE: 4 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 5

All the things you'd think would be unorganized for an inaugural race were spot-on perfect. Start line logistics: perfect. Expo: great. Crowd control: top-notch. Crowd support: impressive. Volunteers: spectacular. Since many comments that follow will detail specific great things about this event, I will start this section off with a huge "THANK YOU" to Steve Bongers and his cast of thousands that ran this event like pros. If you'd have flattened some of those hills, it'd have been a perfect day.

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