This was much first marathon and it was an awesome experience. The course and crowd support was top notch from beginning to end. Water and Gatorade were plentiful.
I do wish the finishers medals were a bit more elaborate for such an elite world class event. At the finish line, runners

"The registration and pick-up went quickly and easily but the race start was a mess. It was difficult to make our way to pacer groups and it could have been much better organized by calling people to line up in groups rather than all at once.

The biggest problem for me

Great event! I would run this again for sure - only negative would be the water stations from about 15 on were sparse. Especially across the bridge and after we really needed more water as the heat increased rapidly.