Re: Long Beach International City Bank Marathon Reviews

guest — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 18:09:47 GMT

I am one of the early start walkers and I was very upset by the comment that the guy that was talking on the loud speaker said about the walker early start. Saying that we take up the whole road and the runners can't get by us. I always walk on the very edge of the side walk. Regardless of early start or not I still will start in the front so I have enough time to finish it. If you want to complain about people being in the way why don't we talk about the specators. They were right on the course in the begining. I had to move around them which was super annoying. By the time I finished the race there a lot of the free food they give away was gone. My mother who did the half marathon got a lot more free goodies in her bag than I did. The pizzas that they were giving out was long gone by the time I came in. My dad who did the bike race said people who were watching the race were taking 10 pizzas per person. Here I pay all this money so people who are watching get all the free food. They should have a rule one food product per racer only! They should have to show the bib and have it markerd off by colors per free food item so you can't keep going back up. I was also really looking forward to the bagels and there wasn't any. My mother got pushed into a line that was going on the bridge and she didn't even want to get in line. Now why don't we talk about pictures. Last year I must of had 20-25 pictures, this year two at the very end. My mother who did that half had none. This is my second year doing this race and I have to say 2009 was much better. Aren't things suppose to improve and not get worse. I am unsure if I will do this race again next year. That comment that was made in the beginning of the race really struck a nerve with me.

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Re: Long Beach International City Bank Marathon Reviews