I'm somewhere between a 3 and 4 star recommendation for Glass City. I've always heard of it being a flat course and how people love it every year, so I figured I'd run before moving across country. It's a 2 hr drive from Cleveland, so I left after work last night and checked into my hotel about 5 min from the start. I didn't go to the expo prior to the race, it's only held Saturday prior to the race from 9-5. Option to pick up your bib race morning at the Basketball Court on UT's campus. The biggest issue I had was orienting myself to where it was compared to where I parked. Signs around the start pointing you in the right direction would have been nice. I had enough time to make it back to my car to drop off my bag of stuff and put my bib on.

Parking: I parked I think behind the Alumni building and didn't have problems getting in or out. However, some people got trapped in their lots for whatever reason (not getting let out), which led things to be really congested

The start: kind of all over the place with announcements. Technically a 702 start time, but we started late. I'm not sure what we were waiting for. Seemed a little congested and could probably benefit from a wave start every 1-3 minutes to spread things out.

The Course: relatively flat, but some hills here and there. The first few miles are around U Toledo's campus. However, most of the course is residential, which I wasn't expecting. Some areas with crowd support, other areas, not so much. The water stops seemed like they were placed irregularly, but loved the volunteers helping. The first relay exchange was somewhere around mile 6. The large flag for the relay transition was after the chute for runners- would have been better off well in front of the transition point, just so people could actually see it. Around mile 9, the half and the full marathon split. There were cones on the ground with arrows pointing left for the half, right for the full. Not everyone's short like me and can look down. It would have been better to have something bigger and more visible. Didn't see the arches for the split until you were close to them and the volunteers with the signs were off to the sides. A quieter course for sure and the weather helped make it a good race. The finish really needs to be looked at. The last 1/3 was on sidewalks and side roads of campus leading up to the football stadium. At one point I was trying to get by spectators or finishers making their way back to their cars. After crossing the finish, easy to get medals, food, etc. Good amount of people enjoying things

Definitely some things for GCM to consider, but a fast race if you're looking for a PR or BQ