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Course 3.7

Organization 4.1

Spectators 2.7

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Dave Rowell from Garrison, Montana (6/27/2000)

"Difficult hilly course, sparse spectators, scenic." (about: 2000)

COURSE: 3 ORGANIZATION: 2 FANS: 3

Bus trip provided to the start at a real ghost town in the mountains. Clothing transport trailer left too early, many missed it. Some of our warmups didn't arrive for several hours after we finished the marathon. This is often billed as a downhill course. Indeed there is a net drop in elevation, but the rolling hills are pretty torturous. The first six miles is a downhill segment that can come back to haunt your thighs in the last six miles. I have never been so sore for so long after my previous 8 marathons. This was also, by far, my slowest marathon. Results were badly botched. The masters runners (40 and above) were scored completely separately from the 'regular' marathon. So, even though the 1st - 3rd place winners were all in their forties and fifties, the overall 1st - 3rd places in the 'men's marathon' were awarded to the men who came in 4th - 6th place, because they were younger. Twenty two of the first forty male runners were masters runners. This came as a surprise to out-of-touch organizers since they thought they were giving a much needed handicap to the older runners. The handicap turned out to be infavor of the younger participants. Similar results were seen in the women's race. To have such a long history, this marathon needs an oraganizational overhaul.

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