Twin Reservoirs Half Marathon

Twin Reservoirs Half Marathon

Twin Reservoirs Half Marathon

( 1 review )
100% of reviewers recommend this race
  • Holyoke,
    Massachusetts,
    United States
  • July
  • 13.1 miles/Half Marathon
  • Road Race
  • Event Website

Adam Fleisher

Connecticut, United States
9 46
2016
"Twin Reservoirs Half Marathon"
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Adam Fleisher's thoughts:

The Twin Reservoirs Half Marathon is another 3C race. In 2016 3C Race Productions had a New England Race Package for half marathons (discount price if you paid for the entire series. It was well worth the price.) Like all the other 3C half marathons, participants got a tech shirt and finisher's medal. If you place (overall or in your division) you won a pint glass with the race logo in it.
This race was brutal. It was a loop course, hot and humid day, no breeze, and the aid stations ran out of water. Fortunately for me, and my teen, we use hydration packs so we did not have to deal with this. Some of this was poor planning, but nobody expected the weather to be this brutal.
The course runs through a park so some of the course is on paved roads and other parts are on sand and rocks. It is not technical by any means. You run around a trail, there is some shad in parts, by lakes, and into a parking lot. You run 3 loops. By the end of the second loop you might feel like why am I doing this? Remember you have 1 more loop to go. You can do this. (There are no hills and very little elevation gains).
The race is attached to a charity partner. They provide the volunteers for the aid stations (if I am remembering correctly there were 3 aid stations). The volunteers are polite and supportive.
There was ample access to parking. After the race there is the customary 3C Race Production foods. As I have stated before I am happy with a bagel, peanut butter, banana, and pretzels. There was water and Gatorade available after you finished the race.
One last item, there was a person taking pictures at the finishing line. All photos were uploaded onto a website (and Facebook). You could access and download your picture(s) for free. (This is one of the nice benefits of 3C). It is on the smaller side of the race spectrum. As with the other 3C races I would definitely run this race again.

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