I know it wasn't a highly attended event however does anyone have a reaction to this Marathon going away... I unfortunately only got to run it once when it was later in the spring (it's last year) however what first got my attention about this event was it was in March but never got to run it then....
Since I'm not from down there any chances of spring Marathon coming back to that area.. anyone hear anything ?
My own experience with the race is that they fell victim to a lot of factors...County/City and Police OT fees, bad organization and the "me first road running" mentality that is prevalent today.
The actual running of the race was fine. Not sure why you need to do "day before race" pickup of your number when you literally have about 250 entrants in your marathon. If 5Ks can have that many and almost all do same day packet pick-up, surely they could have figured out this.
No way in h*ll should this race have cost what it did. It's held on "off-season" for the area. Not on a closed to traffic course. No swag. Limited aid. I know the county was probably absolutely gouging for permit fees and the police OT added up quickly...which is NOT the fault of the race organization, but still.
Many of today's runners want to essentially, be coddled. They want swag, the way want cheering fans the whole way, they want closed courses, water every 2 miles, great weather 100% of the time, etc. This race was none of that. It was, for lack of a better term, an "old school type" marathon. You show up. You run the distance as fast as you can.
Anyone in NJ want to organize a marathon on the track? 100+ laps of fun!
Great comments and insight ... All the reasons you listed was the reason I wanted to run this race again. I raced the last year they actually ran it (before the Bridge was closed). The course is what drew me but was disappointed when the pushed it to April as I wanted late March.
I don't blame the RDs unfortunately they need to find a delicate balance between catering to the Bucket Listers and the Racers....
This is a bummer. I had always wanted to run the OD Marathon, as my parents retired and bought a house along the course. When I saw the title of this thread, I assumed that there was further (unending) construction planned on the TI bridge. Sorry to hear it's gone for good.
RIP: D3 All-American Frank Csorba - who ran 13:56 in March - dead
RENATO can you talk about the preparation of Emile Cairess 2:06
Running for Bowerman Track Club used to be cool now its embarrassing
Hats off to my dad. He just ran a 1:42 Half Marathon and turns 75 in 2 months!
Great interview with Steve Cram - says Jakob has no chance of WRs this year