This is a lovely race, small, but lots of people out to cheer you on. The day I ran it it was 20 degrees out and quite windy. So getting started was COLD. There is some room to hang out in the gym before, but not a ton, so I kinda just walked around outside to keep warm. The race itself is nice, nice route, some hills, but nothing crazy difficult. Plenty of water stops, but that is it, they don't have gatorade at all. The miles along the beach, while beautiful to look at, are so very windy and OMG it was like running into a wall for 3 straight miles. Overall, I liked the race, just be warned that New England in March can be brutal weather wise