Portland Marathon

Portland Marathon

Portland Marathon

( 17 reviews )
70% of reviewers recommend this race
  • Portland,
    Oregon,
    United States
  • October
  • 13.1 miles/Half Marathon, 26.2 miles/Marathon
  • Road Race
  • Event Website

Sarah

Seattle, Washington, United States
36 26
2014
"My first half marathon!"
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Sarah 's thoughts:

This was my first half marathon. I was super nervous, but the race was so organized, that gave me one less thing to worry about. They had an awesome timing system that used chronotrack so people could follow your time and see what part of the course you were on via text, twitter or Facebook. This was awesome because even people who didn't come down to portland could still see what was happening!
The race course was a nice, mostly flat, run along the Portland waterfront. The weather was the BEST! There was live music and entertainment, plenty of water and lots of fun. The swag was amazing too. Got a long sleeve tech shirt, a tree seedling (that is now growing in my yard), a medal, two commemorative coins and a reusable hoodie to keep warm after the race instead of those foil blankets. The post race snacks and goodies were plentiful, you could take as much or as little as you wanted. I remember wishing I had more hands to hold everything!
I was the least impressed by the expo, for being such a big race with so many participants I was hoping the expo would have more vendors and things to look at. It didn't have anything of interest for me which made packet pickup very quick.
Everything was very organized from the race day details to the pre-race communications. I was very happy that I chose this race for my first half marathon. I definitely recommend! It was worth traveling for!

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