While this race occurred on a very warm day, I had a great race and an excellent time. I was particularly impressed in the Expo, aid stations, post-race area and volunteers. The race management team did a great job of managing and providing for the race of over 40,000 runners.

The warm weather kept me from a PR, but this course is flat and fast, and is a good target for a PR if the weather and your training cooperates.

I have created a running website named www.askrunguy.com based on having run over 100 half marathons, including all fifty US states and several other countries; and several full marathons, with a goal of running all six World Major marathons. Below is a template for comments for my rating each race:

Race: Monster Dash Half Marathon 2017 Minneapolis, MN
Race Type / Terrain (road, trail): paved roads and neighborhoods in Minneapolis, MN
Organization (Expo, volunteers, start / finish): Excellent. Well organized.
Support (fans, music on course): fairly good, but limited, support on the course.
Course Scenery: Pretty plain
Course Difficulty: Moderate. Some challenging rolling hills. Net downhill course. Good for a PR
Weather / Temperature: Usually pretty cool to cold Late Oct in Minnesota
Course location recreation (sights, things to do): Some fun things to do and see around Minneapolis and St Paul
Logistics (Getting to the race site): Close to Minneapolis airport
Swag (medal, t-shirt, other items for finishers): nice medal and finisher shirt
Food and drink (on course and after finish): Food and drink on course is fine, and refreshments provided afterward were quite good

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This was a fun race, but challenging due to jet lag from flying from US.

I was surprised that they didn't really have an expo to speak of, given it was a Rock & Roll race.

The actual course was fun but challenging - running through much of the city of Dublin, along the Liffey, and finishing in a pretty park outside of Dublin.

I enjoyed the people of Dublin a lot, and they seemed to be helpful and friendly.

The last few miles were uphill, which was surprising. There were lots of accompanying shorter races for family members, which was a nice way for them to be included.

I have created a running website named www.askrunguy.com based on having run over 100 half marathons, including all fifty US states and several other countries; and several full marathons, with a goal of running all six World Major marathons. Below is a template for comments for my rating each race:

Race: Rock & Roll Dublin Half Marathon 2017 Dublin, Ireland)
Race Type / Terrain (road, trail): paved roads and park paths around Dublin, Ireland
Organization (Size, Expo, volunteers, start / finish): . Fine expo and organization and course support
Support (fans, music on course): good support on the course with bands, etc. Rock n Roll series race
Course Scenery: Very fun running around Dublin and in a pretty park, with great Irish people
Course Difficulty: a little hilly at the end, not too challenging.
Weather / Temperature: good weather – mostly overcast… a little warm by the end
Course location recreation (sights, things to do): Lots of things to do: Dublin is a fun, great city to tour
Logistics (Getting to the race site): Dublin airport
Swag (medal, t-shirt, other items for finishers): excellent medal and t-shirt
Food and drink (on course and after finish): Sufficient food and drink during and after race

I provide running and racing resources for all levels of runners at www.askrunguy.com. I also share information that I believe is interesting and helpful to the running community. I encourage you to visit www.askrunguy.com

I have created a running website named www.askrunguy.com based on having run over 100 half marathons, including all fifty US states and several other countries; and several full marathons, with a goal of running all six World Major marathons. Below is a template for comments for my rating each race:

Race: Red White & Boom Half Marathon 2017 Minneapolis, MN
Race Type / Terrain (road, trail): paved roads around Minneapolis
Organization (Size, Expo, volunteers, start / finish): small tent for picking up numbers. Good group of volunteers on course and at end
Support (fans, music on course): Good fan support on the course and at end
Course Scenery: Decent scenery of Minneapolis
Course Difficulty: A little difficult due to hills and potential warm temperature
Weather / Temperature: fairly warm and humid
Course location recreation (sights, things to do): Lots of nice things to see and do around Minneapolis
Logistics (Getting to the race site): airports or drive to Minneapolis
Swag (medal, t-shirt, other items for finishers): very nice medal, and good finisher shirts
Food and drink (on course and after finish): Decent food and drink on course and after race.

I provide running and racing resources for all levels of runners at www.askrunguy.com. I also share information that I believe is interesting and helpful to the running community. I encourage you to visit www.askrunguy.com