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Seattle Marathon Reviews
Seattle Marathon
4.4 Stars from
7 Runners
Course not as good as before
By JPG about 2018
Review
I ran the half and was not impressed with the course. The two mile marker was in the wrong place, by a LOT. Everyone commented on it. The route did not take in the beauty of the city. It was a bit grimey with one section going next to fast moving cars and separated only by a few cones. At one point, we went within feet of a homeless encampment. The aid stations were good and the ending with the space needle in view was nice. Not much in the way of water views or going through pretty Seattle neighborhoods.
2 /
5 Stars
By Laura about 2016
Review
Beautiful and challenging course, well supported from start to finish, and motivating spectators. Race day is Thanksgiving weekend.
Race Tips
Train for hills. Also, the last two years I ran this race the weather was cold and wet.
5 /
5 Stars
By dhs about 2016
Review
challenging fun course...good support...SMA does a great job before and after, too
Race Tips
hill training a must and since it's the Sunday after Thanksgiving...expect the weather to be possibly mizzle/drizzle and/or cold...
It was a chilly morning but there was a great food court right by the start of the race full of runners. It was a good place to wait for the race to start.
4 /
5 Stars
By WSDW about 2016
Review
Very well organized on the course. Lots of friendly volunteers along the route and plenty of rehydration stops. Lots of portable toilets. Pretty and challenging course. Good running conditions in 2016. Nice finish.
Recovery center was pretty lame. Warm but food/drink limited to water, bananas, dole fruit cups, cheap mini bagels with nothing to go in them, Darigold milk based protein drink, and believe it or not Folgers coffee packets (this is Seattle). The organizers should meet up with the Cascade Bike club (the organizers of the STP) to learn out how they look after participants at the rest stops
Not much fun walking up and down steps of Memorial Stadium to recover gear check - gear check could easily have fit into the recovery center building.
Expo okay but hard to find a volunteer who knows anything about the race.
If you are running the marathon get there late after the half marathon crowds leave. Street parking is pretty easy a few blocks west of the Seattle center. Start does not use corrals which it just about gets away with.
5 /
5 Stars
By VPS about 2016
Review
Although the half marathon has thousands of runners, the full marathon has about 1500. It's a local race on a beautiful course, historic.
Race Tips
The first half has some significant hills coming to the express lanes and the ends of the I-90 bridge. This may not be relevant in the future since the course will change because of light rail construction. Miles 18-23 have substantial extended and rolling hills. Weather is very variable in late November, be prepared for sub-freezing weather, driving rain, sun, but most likley overcast with drizzle.
