"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

Obviously you run the risk of freezing your tail off but thankfully the course they have is through nice and quiet streets with small hills. The fact you can stay inside the gym before and race the race if it's real cold helps alot.

Would run this race again.

I absolutely had a blast during this race. The Race Expo was very engaging and informative. The views along the course were awesome especially when going over the bridge. I had a blast (and a laugh too) seeing all the costumes that people were wearing.
I signed up for 2019as race the