This year the race was held in May due to COVID. Rules/expo/aid stations/corrals/spectators rules were set up differently due to COVID. I didn't care. I would've worn 3 masks if they required it! Just let us race! The weather was great. The course was flat, fast and had very few turns. The wind off of the ocean was a bit of an obstacle in the second half of the race.
The t-shirts are long sleeved tech shirts but the iron on emblem on the back is a weird papery material. They also gave tank tops at the finish but most people had shirts too big for them and no exchanges were allowed. Ah well, it was a nice idea.
I carried my own handheld so I didn't have to waste a whole bottle of water at each aid station. This worked out nicely and I'll continue to carry my own water for future halves.