I nearly got killed a few times. White Rock has been consistent through the years. It's an event with more of a runner's focus, rather than the star value of who's in it. The whole organization puts the runners first. It has one of the best after-marathon ceremonies of any one I've seen or heard of.
People actually stay around for hours for it.
The multiple aid stations along the course usually have individual themes that have included circus clowns, a live elephant and ZZ Top impersonators in the past. Teddy Bears will be among the themes this year. Appropriately, it is the Bears.