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Steamtown Marathon Runner Comments
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Course 4.7 
Organization 4.9 
Spectators 4.7
Number of comments: 625 [displaying comments 181 to 191]
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B. B. from Massapequa, NY, USA
(10/13/2014)
"Great race! Wonderful volunteers and spectators!" (about: 2014)
6-10 previous marathons
| 1 Steamtown Marathon
COURSE: 4 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 5 Steamtown Marathon is a great Fall race with a local small town feel. It is a good race for a PR as long as you practice running downhills and stay patient during the initial downhill stretches. Even though it is a net elevation drop course, there are lots of small rolling hills in the beginning, especially during the second mile. The hills at the end are not that bad if you are doing a 3 mile training run but they are tough as the last 3 miles of a marathon. However, the crowds are very supportive, especially on the famous Electric Street Hill section and will literally 'pull' you up the hill. In overall I highly recommend running this race. | |
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d. b. from flanders, nj
(10/13/2014)
"First time running this marathon and loved it" (about: 2014)
3 previous marathons
| 1 Steamtown Marathon
COURSE: 4 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 5 My first steamtown marathon and couldn't believe the amazing amounts of support and dedication from this town and neighborhoods we ran thru. One of my favorite races and cant wait for next year!! | |
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J. G. from Charlottesville, VA
(10/13/2014)
"My first marathon-it was all around awesome!" (about: 2014)
1 previous marathon
| 1 Steamtown Marathon
COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 5 Everything about this marathon was perfect. A list of some of the best parts; the humorous pre-race emails from the assistant director, the superb organization of the expo and the bus transportation, the quality purple running shirts, lots of downhills, the beautiful fall folliage, cool temps, the pre-race gathering in the warm high school with cheerleaders, music, and room to relax, the cannon blast to start the race, every participants name printed in newspaper, name called out when you cross the finish line, size of race=3000, the huge number of enthusiastic spectators in all the quaint towns along the route. I want to do this marathon again. JG age 50 race time 4:08:40 | |
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H. L. from NJ
(10/13/2014)
"What a fantastic race from before to after!" (about: 2014)
2 previous marathons
| 1 Steamtown Marathon
COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 5 After sucking wind and blowing my BQ chances and quads in my first marathon (2012 Pocono Run for the Red70+ degI am not made for heat!), I signed up for Steamtown with hopes of a better experience and mostly, better weather. I AM SO GLAD I CHOSE STEAMTOWN FOR MY SECOND ATTEMPT. Jim Cummings built prerace anticipation with his incredibly witty yet informative emails. Apparently, the race committee sacrificed the proper number of chickens to arrange the most perfect weather possible for me30s and dry at the start. The official and unofficial race support along the course made the actual running pass by pretty quickly for someone who ran a 3:52. The two first aid stations on course were awesome when I needed some Advil during the trail miles. No one can make the hills at Miles 24 and 25 fun or easy, but the neighborhoods surely tried with sprinklers, food, drinks, cheering, and loud music... From the bus transport before to the yummy and plentiful food after, I was thoroughly pampered. THANK YOU! | |
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P. M. from Harrisburg, PA
(10/13/2014)
"It's really an awesome experience at Steamtown." (about: 2014)
2 previous marathons
| 1 Steamtown Marathon
COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 5 The spectators along the course are so kind and offer oranges, bananas, candy, supplies you might need(vaseline), they play music. Encouraging fans are everywhere giving high fives(if you want them) and at 20+ there are even more and they cheer all the louder. I came from 2 hours away and felt very welcome. The miles fly by with so much to see and hear. I enjoyed the change to a gravel woods trail at about the halfway point for a few miles. Nice on the feet. Pre-race they have a warm area to wait which is awesome when it is 36F like this year. The organizers thought of about everything. The course is mostly downhill so if you run it smart you can get a PR. | |
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Jeff Costa from Canton GA (North Metro Atlanta)
(10/13/2014)
"Awesome Experience" (about: 2014)
6-10 previous marathons
| 1 Steamtown Marathon
COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 5 From Registration to Finish, Jim and the SMA Staff go above and beyond to make all runners feel welcome and informed! This was my 6th marathon, which is not a big deal to many, BUT, the 2014 SM surpassed all others from organization, genuine appreciation from the spectators for visiting Scranton to run, to having a warm place to stage runners prior to race time! I've run big city and small city races, but this was top notch. There is probably not a better view of foliage this side of the Mississippi in early October for a race. Kudos to all of the small town families that were out pushing the runners with genuine support and encouragement. I had an awesome local runner whose name was Lenny give me and my bud a personal tour through most of the race and helped me become a BQer. Thx Lenny, and SMA Inc. for making my weekend one I'll never forget!! | |
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b. t. from Brewster, NY
(10/13/2014)
"Great Race!!!" (about: 2014)
3 previous marathons
| 1 Steamtown Marathon
COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 5 Very well organized and great job with the aid stations. Also, aside from the regular aid stations, the people of Scranton formed their own mini-aid stations. The people that came out to watch it were amazing. | |
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C. T. from New Jersey
(10/13/2014)
"Great Marathon Expwerience" (about: 2014)
11-50 previous marathons
| 3 Steamtown Marathons
COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 4 I ran my third Steamtown marathon and ran another personal best on that course. (Go to the presentation Saturday afternoon to get valuable tips specific for the course. It helped me break 3 hours for the first time in my life.) The organization is awesome and friendly. Medals are great, massages are great, bag check is great, start at the high school is great, and the course is awesome: fast and gorgeous. When you ease into the race on the downhills at the beginning, take the time to enjoy those early, easy miles and the fall scenery as you drop into the valley. And then you get to run on the dirt path which is well prepared and nicely packed - my favorite section of the course. A must-do marathon! | |
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L. M. from Thomaston, CT
(10/13/2014)
"You are awesome!" (about: 2014)
11-50 previous marathons
| 1 Steamtown Marathon
COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 5 This marathon (and I have done over 30) was one of the nicest, it was well organized, beautiful, so well stocked (water, goodies, first aid, etc), had awesome volunteers, great spectators, especially all the school kids and St Joseph kids, I could go on and on . You should be very proud of your work! You rock!!! I'll be back! | |
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A. v. from Pottstown, PA
(10/13/2014)
"Great race if I could just find a bathroom." (about: 2014)
2 previous marathons
| 1 Steamtown Marathon
COURSE: 4 ORGANIZATION: 4 FANS: 5 Great course, but I was ill prepared for the cold weather and resulting GI issues. For 10 miles I looked for rows of Port-A-Lavs. At mile 14 I joined a line-up of men in the woods and around mile 18 I finally found nice people that let me use their basement bathroom. Now I see I should have looked for 2 Port-A-Lavs for 3,000 people, 4 at the most. My bad. After a great time at the finish I went back a few miles looking for my friend and found him injured in a sag wagon. The driver's comments to the stranglers were most questionable. Ranging from 'this is a running event not a walking event' to 'I would have finished even if I had to crawl'. All said I loved the trail portion the most and the challenging course at the end. Thanks to all volunteers and nice people of Scranton and surrounding area. |
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