This was a great half marathon experience, and it was my first time racing a half marathon distance. I went from doing the 2018 Chicago marathon and finishing it and saying "I'm never doing that again" and so the following year this was the marathon I signed up for with new goals. Disclaimer, I am Canadian and Niagara Falls is actually my home town (my parents still live there)! I love everything about Niagara Falls but mainly the fact that its a tourist town and we have one of the wonders of the world in our backyard! You basically finish right by the horseshoe Canadian fall (where if you don't know how it usually is, it's always nice and misty there)! It's the best feeling ever, because no matter how HOT it is, it'll always be nice and cool in that area! Very well organized event, lots of cheers from strangers and tourists and your family/friends of course, and they do a bunch of different distance races, so you will actually see a lot of people on the course on the day of the race. There were even some doing ultras (50km/100km)! This is a great race if you want to visit the canadian side falls and have a race as well in october! :)