Hilton Head Marathon

The weather was not great for this race weekend! Rain, rain and rain. No expo, just bib and sweatshirt pickup. It's not that bad that you have to walk 10 minutes to get to the starting line, but when you are trying to avoid large puddles and soaking wet grass. It's not fun to start a marathon with wet shoes and socks. Double loop with half marathons didn't work out well, runners going both directions with one lane to run in. Why have 2 small sections to do a u turn down a dirt path, everyone trying to avoid puddles and other runners. This seemed to be more or a trail run with HWY running. Near the 23 mile mark many faster runners missed the small u turn section due to getting mixed up with the half marathoners. Wished we could have run more of the Island instead of a double loop. Great food and music at the finish. Bummer that the medal had no name or date on it, just the ribbon had the name.