- Florida Sports Park is a great location for the start/finish of the race. There's plenty of parking, you finish in the stadium, there's both portajohns and preexisting bathrooms on site... really nice place to have a race.
- The course is pretty -- you go through Lely Resort, which is a nice neighborhood in the Naples. You see beautiful golf courses, public statuary, parks, and it's easy for supporters to follow you as you run.
- There was plenty of water and Gatorade on course; the aid stations were plentiful and reasonably well-stocked with enthusiastic volunteers. One station even had bananas.
- The medal and race shirt are pretty nice, as was the spike bag (for half marathoners) that had the race swag.
- Race day packet pickup was a breeze; they assigned numbers on the fly, so it was literally "here's your bib, input your name, pick up your swag to the left."

The cons:
- The course has next to no shade. On a day when the temperature is high and there's no clouds (eg, 2017 -- it was in the high 70's to low 80's all morning, with 100% humidity), it's a killer. The back of the pack turned into a death march after an hour and a half.
- Additionally, the course runs for about 4 miles or so on sidewalk, which is a little harder than blacktop on the feet. Not a huge fan. There's also only one bathroom (in the park, at Mile 7) on course.
- No differentiation between the 5k and half medal. Medals for the 5k don't bother me, but at least change out the ribbon...
- Just before looping around the lake (Mile 7) the course crosses over itself. Having a volunteer directing traffic, or at least some Tensabarrier or a rope keeping those going out from those coming back would have been nice. I didn't witness any problems, but I could see where there could be.
- The course also ran next to the main exit from the stadium. I realized as I was walking to my car, I could easily have been in a post-race daze and blocked someone (or gotten run over) without thinking.
- The postrace snacks were difficult to find; you had to leave the finish chute, exit the stadium, and double back to where packet pickup was. Would have been easier to set it up under the grandstand, or just outside the stadium exit.

Overall, the race is well-executed. I know people will complain about the lack of portajohns on course (Lely wouldn't let the organizers set them up, so I'm told), and there are some cons that might be worth taking into consideration, but it's not like they can control the weather. I'll run the race again.

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