Registration: decent prices. Have the option of getting a parking pass, which I’m glad I did, for $10 more and being able to park at the USA Baseball complex. A little tricky though when you’re going back checking your registration afterwards to see if you did or not.

Communication: emails decent the week before the race, however, it would have been nice to know that there was an error in bin numbers emailed out before getting to the expo and/or a way to check online

Expo: small and at the Embassy Suites in Cary, NC. Didn’t realize there was a bib glitch so the bib # I was emailed was off and I had to go check paper listings for the appropriate bib # that was about 7 off. After getting the bib, you had to go scan it across a chip reader and then go to a separate area for shirts. If you got a parking pass, that was another stop. Honestly it was obnoxious to go to 4 different booths to get what you needed. Some area businesses, etc were there

Speaking of shirts: please choose a different vendor. Bella shirts are always inappropriately sized and I always have to go up 1-2 sizes in the women’s sizes. To boot, if you wanted to do a shirt exchange you could only do it Race morning, so if you wanted a different size, you had to drag it with you and deal with it on a different day

Race Day transportation/ Parking: shuttles were available from NetAPP if you chose. You could also get a parking pass (best $10 I spent) or get dropped off. There’s got to be a better way to deal with things over having to get to the start 60-90 minutes before the gun goes off. I felt bad for people who took shuttles and then hung out for long periods of time. Heaters might be a good idea since it’s in the 40s when there’s no sun out

The Race itself: some hills the first and last 2.5 miles. The half and full share the course for the first 2.5 miles or so before you split off on the trail, which is some type or gravel or something that’s mainly packed but sometimes loose. The full goes out and back on part of the trail before joining back up with the half. Course for the half is out and back with water and Gatorade on course, pretty good distribution. Mile markers are clear, which is a plus. Watch out for congestion because it’ll happen, especially when you start getting people going both ways. This made it difficult to get around people. Also issues with people not putting themselves in the appropriate time slots so I felt like I was tripping over people who were slower, or weren’t paying attention.

Post race: some foot available (bananas, oranges, Papa John’s), some food trucks with stuff for sale, water and chocolate milk. Good medal I think, as well. Post race party at 9 AM didn’t have much going on, but maybe it picked up after I left....

Like I said, mixed bag in some ways. Room for improvement but an ok race

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