This is a great race and well-executed marathon. There are three distances available, but I liked that all the distances started at the same time and we could run together for a while. This wasn't a huge race, and I liked the personal feel and the course was along a river

This is such a fun course! All downhill in the beginning, beautiful and iconic San Diego scenery and great community and race support. For a summer race, they do great with providing plenty of water and cool-down opportunities. The hill at the end is killer, just be prepared and

"Having failed to secure a spot in the NYC Marathon (the only marathon I've run -- and only once), I looked for a race that would be close to home, and have good crowd support. I read up on Philly, saw that it was fairly flat, and that there was