1/6/2024 0 Comments Slacker half marathon 2016![]() The race start, with fireworks, went off smoothly and ON TIME. The bag check as the best I have ever seen conducted, with a fleet of UPS trucks and men in brown and bags sorted according to bib number waiting on marked trucks as you made your way to the exit chute. ![]() Parking was easy, buses ran efficiently to the starting line. Bib pick up was easy and in a central location that also gave you insight into the finish set up, as well as a chip check for your bib (just in case you are one of those who are running for time). It was also nice to get a PRINTED race program at bib pick up, a keepsake. Each week I looked forward to reading about Missoula as well as the race. From the moment I submitted my race registration in April, the Missoula Marathon provided weekly communication about the event via email newsletter. The volunteers and Run Missoula Wild put on an event with EXCEPTIONAL RACE MANAGEMENT. The Missoula Marathon makes it look easy to be NUMBER 1… Now I know that I only completed the half (cause I am lazy that way), but for 10 miles of both events we shared the course… It has also been named the 2017 Top Marathon for runners like me, Back-of-the-Packers, as well as a Top 10 Bucket List Marathon. The Missoula Marathon has twice been named as the Best Marathon in the US (2010 by Runner’s World Magazine and in 2017 by BibRAVE). Seriously, If you are going to finish an event in every state is seems pretty clear that you pick the best one the state has to offer, and in this case the United States has to offer… Maybe I was hoping to find a young Brad Pitt (circa 1992) waiting for me at the end with nothing but his waders on, after all “A River Does Run Through It” or should a say a marathon runs through it… This past weekend, I crossed another state off my quest to “someday” complete a half marathon in every state with the Missoula (Half) Marathon. Why the Missoula Marathon? It’s Tuesday (okay, I know in reality it is Wednesday and I am a day late), so it’s time to link for Tuesday’s on the Run… Montana
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