My husband & I ran the 8km run on Saturday of race weekend. I planned it as an easy shake-out run before the Full on Sunday.
Expo - My only comment here, is there needs to be signage at the Convention Center. It is a huge, busy building and we had a tough time finding the location. Even the Center staff were not sure and we were sent in the wrong direction.
The t-shirt is not great for this race (I loved the Full shirt). And the medal is ok. But the price point on registration for this race ($35) made it an easy addition to the weekend.
Course - The 8km race started at 10:45am, on time. We had some significant trouble finding the entrance to the secure zone and start line. It needed more signage. I was not able to find a map of the start online either. Once we found our way, the race was great. It was very warm so we enjoyed an easy run along the river.
Access - we stayed near City Hall at the Marriott Residence Inn and were easily able to walk to the start and finish. There were a few aid stations with lots of water available.
I would recommend this race as part of a race weekend experience.

This was our annual girls get-away race. We were all pleased with the overall experience. The race tshirts were really nice. And the expo was good, although very busy Saturday afternoon.
5km race Saturday - this was a fun way to start the weekend and earn a 5k medal and the Remix medal. I always figure I am travelling for a race, why not get some extra bling. It was well organized. The route was along the river. The finish was very good and organized. There were lots of porta-potties. The start/finish had easy access from the public light rail transit. My only criticism here is: there should have been signs from the nearest transit stop to the start. I happened to travel from the Westin hotel downtown on the same train as the Westin Run Concierge group. That saved me much stress finding my way.
Half marathon Sunday - the gear check was efficient and great. My truck was "Go-Hel", which was rather funny. The start was well organized and lots of porta-potties. The beginning of the race was not very scenic, really through an industrial area. But then beautiful after that section. There was a long hill at 9miles, which lead to a beautiful view and a great drum band at the top. The bands were good and cheering sections had lots of energy. The aid stations were ok. Two of them appeared to be out of water, but that was more due to runners only taking from the first part of the station. The finish line was well organized and not too congested. There was lots of food and water and gatorade available. The post-race awards master of ceremony was not good. His comments were quite insulting many times to some of the elite runners that did not make their time goals and to recreational runners for being slow. I did not quite understand the need for those types of comments. The post-race concert was very good and enjoyable in the warm sun.
The overall experience was great.