my friends and I drove up to Newport from PA on Friday, got our packets, easy quick pick up. The town is super cute where we got dinner. Race morning we two of us got dropped off right by the start line instead of opting to park at designating lot and take the shuttle. Got in the porta line so had to start at almost at the back. One of the best sceneries on a race course ever! the mansions, the waves crashing, the coast line was so pretty to run along. It was hillier than i expected, one rolling hill after another, some just long but surprise, surprise finished with a HM personal best!! Great post race food, first time ever I had soup after a race! So glad I picked this race to cross off the state of Rhode Island!