New Jersey Marathon

New Jersey Marathon

New Jersey Marathon

( 28 reviews )
96% of reviewers recommend this race
  • Oceanport,
    New Jersey,
    United States
  • April
  • 3 miles/5K, 13.1 miles/Half Marathon, 26.2 miles/Marathon, Relay
  • Road Race
  • Event Website

William Brent

EMMAUS, Pennsylvania, United States
36 52
2019
"So flat."
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William Brent's thoughts:

The good the race is well executed
The Bad; holy people bat man.

Let's start at the beginning.
There are really good transportation at parking options. I believe the race and its management team do a very good job of leveraging public transportation the use of busses and the parking spaces available.
That being said I did not anticipate it taking your Li 40 minutes to park.

Add if you can imagine it taking 40 minutes to park just picture the porta John lines...

For some reason I also did not anticipate how many people ran this race. It was over 2004 the full marathon but there is also the relay and a 1/2 that started at the same time. And while I really like having big group starts I probably would have planned differently had a really done the man.

Communication from the race management team was actually very good I have been signed up for this race for 6 months and they shared relevant information frequently but not too often.

The course was flat.
Almost painfully flat.
By ewis fast
So full disclosure I ran A15K the day before so my legs were a bit tired I think that I would have really enjoyed the half marathon but no last couple of miles in the marathon really hit me hard
There was a lot of winding in-and-out of neighborhoods. I am ticipate it a lot of each viewing but that really only hit the last 2 miles of the course
I felt like the majority of the course was a walking tour of lifestyle of the rich and famous because you're passing these opulent houses and I don't know about you there's not a chance in heaven than I could ever afford one of those.
Era couple of meat twists and turns that brought us around picturesque areasReally hoping for that iconic boardwalk run.
I think one of my favorite parts was going through 1 of the seemingly abandoned buildings because you're running on a tile floor for about 30 or 40'

I believe there were a good amount of water stations I think that the volunteers that hand out the supplies were for the most part good.

2019 has been a difficult year for race expos for me and I did not get to go to this one but the race management team allowed someone to pick my vim up for me and I thought it was really cool that there was Kathie in the swag back

The finish line was cool I was a little thrown off by the inability of me to carry a bag through the finish festival I either had to get my bag and leave or get what I wanted for my bag put my bag back on the gear check truck and then go around the finish vessel
Also the beer garden was a big cramped in tiny. And I'm cool with having to pay for a second beer if I want it but my wallet was droppingly in my checked bag which I couldn't bring with me...

I also really liked be finish line spread they had your bananas and they had your water but they also had ships and protein bars and I felt it was a step above your standard race finish

I mentioned earlier that I liked their parking structure.
I also liked how this race bust people from the finish to the start both Before & After the race depending on which parking option you selected

Over all I weighed recommend this race to someone maybe the half marathon over the marathon but it's a good.

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