This was my 4th Half Marathon that I have done, and I'd say it was my favorite yet. With a few tweaks (that I'm not sure can be controlled) this would be a 5 star easily. None of my family was able to make it to cheer me on, and yet I felt like there were hundreds of people cheering for just me along the way, I very much appreciated that. There were so many aid stations, which was AWESOME come time for those hills! I was not a fan of having to run on sidewalks as there were SO many participants, so I ran on the road at times because people were walking and hard to get around at certain points (again, I'm not even sure this can be controlled) The volunteers were awesome and so incredibly friendly to us (shout out to the lady parking people in North Liberty at 6:30 am with the biggest smile) I loved the route, and not having to loop back around, this is the first time I've run a race like this. The only other suggestion would to be to have a bigger finish area, as much as I LOVED ending at Kinnick...it was incredibly hard to get my medal, and any post-race nutrients (I later understood this was to get medals to people who registered in time, again appreciate that!) Overall, I loved this race, and I look forward to doing it again!