Med City Marathon

Med City Marathon

Med City Marathon

( 3 reviews )
100% of reviewers recommend this race
  • Rochester,
    Minnesota,
    United States
  • May
  • 3 miles/5K, 13.1 miles/Half Marathon, 26.2 miles/Marathon, Relay
  • Road Race
  • Event Website

Matt

Mason City, Iowa, United States
5 3
2015
"Med City Marathon"
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Matt 's thoughts:

This was my first marathon so I don't have a lot of other races to compare it to. The race started in Byron, MN which is about 7 miles west of Rochester. Pre race was a fun environment the line to the porta potties was crazy long. If a person got in line to late, they were either going to miss the start or not be able to go.

Each tangent (3:30, 3:45, 4:00, etc) had a pacer for both the half and full marathon so runners had their choice. The pacers were great! Spent the first half of my run with the 5 hour pacer until I fell off pace.

Biggest hill was at mile 6 but there were consistent rolling hills throughout Rochester. This made the course tolerable but still challenging. They had water stations about every other mile starting at mile 2 The half marathon broke away from the marathon at mile 12 which thinned the marathon crowd quite a bit as there were only 389 (or so) marathoners.

It ended up raining from mile 8 in but the volunteers were great and each station had a combination of water, Gatorade and some sort of food/fruit. There were also many different areas, some easier than other, for spectators as my wife was able to see me about 6-7 times. There were even a few spots that she could stay and wait for me to come back around.

There was a PA announcing the name of each person (especially later in the race) as they approached the finish line. Once the race was completed, someone was there to give you your finishers medal, another booth to get your race shirt and an area to get some nutrition (bananas, water, gatorade, etc.). There was post race music and free beer (for those of age) to enjoy post race. It was raining at the finish so the crowd was sparce but it was still an enjoyable time.

The expo wasn't as big as I was expecting but still had a solid turnout all and all. A few vendors mentioned it was a smaller group than the year prior though.

Overall: would definitely do this race again. The course along made it worth it and the race set up was very solid.

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