I signed up fairly last minute to use this as a training run for a fall 50K. The course was challenging with hills throughout and it got a bit warm by the end of the race. I managed to run a negative split and had planned to stay with the 3:15 pacer but he was running way too fast in the early miles and then I eventually passed him and finished several minutes ahead of him. The expo is not too exciting and the shirts were a very thin cotton t-shirt with a hood which I thought was strange.