Virtually all the uphill is in the last 6 miles, but there is only one hill of 'heartbreak' quality, at the end of Mile 25. Road surfaces were generally in good shape. Crowd support was superb, with no long lonely stretches. Aid and time stations every mile, several handouts of PowerBars and Gel during the race. Buses return you to the start after the run.
Finishers receive two tee shirts and a nice medal.
Despite the fact that there were more than 13,000 participants, RAW singlets and tee shirts were hard to miss. Marathon runners were launched first, followed by 5 and then 10K runners. The great time that many members ran are a tribute to the superb training they have been getting at the lake on weekends. Under the prevailing conditions, these are incredible times. Cindy Ziobar was 21st out of 365 in her age group, Lynn James was 45th out of 186, Duncan Stewart was 26th out of 565, and Barb Martin was 16th out of 186.