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Toronto Waterfront Marathon Runner Comments
Back to Toronto Waterfront Marathon Information & Reviews
Course 4.0 
Organization 4.1 
Spectators 3.4
Number of comments: 228 [displaying comments 191 to 201]
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Jenni Conway from Toronto, ON
(9/29/2003)
"Walkers need not apply" (about: 2003)
COURSE: 3 ORGANIZATION: 1 FANS: 4 Those of us who chose to walk the half-marathon were treated like second-class citizens. According to the marathon website, the route was supposed to be open to us until 1:30 pm. (We asked many officials, but no one seemed to know the cut-off time.) Unfortunately, by 10:45 we were being told to get off the road and by 11:15 traffic was allowed back onto the street. It feels as though our efforts were not appreciated. Our only consolation is that we raised money for a good cause, but because of the way we were treated we are unlikely to participate again. | |
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P. D. from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(9/29/2003)
"This was my first and I throughly enjoyed it!!" (about: 2003)
COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 3 FANS: 5 The flyer and the online registration should have the same information. Pick-up hours were different on each which caused a problem on Friday night. The person on the door was not even apologetic. All he kept saying was, "There's nothing I can do". No "sorry" or anything. There were people there at 8:15 pm and it was closed. Online it said until 9:00 pm. | |
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I. M. from Toronto, Ontario
(9/29/2003)
"Great event, well run and organized" (about: 2003)
COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 5 As the spouse of a participant, I was impressed with the overall event and the caliber of the volunteers. For the future, I'd suggest that you provide the participants with a plastic bag to hold the great fruit and drinks being offered. In the excitement of the finish, many want the nurishment but not at the time it is being offered. A minor comment from an interested observer. | |
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C. M. from Markham, Ontario
(9/29/2003)
"Awesome Run" (about: 2003)
COURSE: 4 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 2 Awesome job! Great race; you guys should be organizing the TO Marathon. | |
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Tom Goguen from Fergus, ON
(9/29/2003)
"Great course and spectators; however..." (about: 2003)
COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 3 FANS: 5 The course was well marked and quite flat, which made it very pleasant to run. The spectators on course were very supportive and water stations were very well run. However, there didn't appear to be power-gels anywhere - they may have been available but I didn't see anyone handing them out. Also, kilometer markers were to be frequent; however, there were only two that were plainly visible, and both said 10K and were about 3 km apart!!!! | |
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n. a. from New York, NY
(9/29/2003)
"Great Training Run" (about: 2003)
COURSE: 4 ORGANIZATION: 3 FANS: 2 Flat, easy course. Plenty of water, and multi-flavored Gatorade offered at 2.5 kms. Nice touch that beverages are handed out. Did it as a training run for a fall marathon and it was excellent since the course is straight and flat. Pacing bunnies were provided! Easy quick start, no lingering around. Friends tried to find us along the course and that was difficult due to the map provided. Not clear enough where to go when you are a tourist and not a local. No major crowd support other than the start and at a few points, which is why I think it is a great long run rather than a marathon. | |
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Rob Peck from Toronto, Canada
(9/29/2003)
"A wonderful event." (about: 2003)
COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 5 What I liked: Darn near everything! Particularly: 1.) The 6:15 am start for runners expecting to take between 5 and 6.5 hours. (The main pack of 756 marathoners started at 7:30 am.) I was a first-timer and it took a lot of the anxiety out of participating since I was pretty sure I could finish before they closed the race down, and because I could see there were quite a few people in my situation. 2) All the nice people. The pace bunnies who were so helpful. Ray Bielawski of Ray's Runners (who organized the early start for us slowpokes) who was so supportive of everybody. The volunteers at every aid station. The police who manned the intersections. The fans who lined the route. The other runners who were uniformly positive with everyone. The medics who checked us in at the finish. The announcer who called our names out as we came in. The people who cheered us along the way by name. 3) The website. Very positive and runner-friendly - especially for first-timers such as myself. 4) The brochure. Cheeky and fun. 5) The overall organization. It was a mammoth undertaking that was extremely well designed and implemented. One suggestion for improvement: More Port-o-lets! At most, if not all, water stations there were only 2 Port-o-lets for both directions. I was in the 6:15 start with only 54 runners. Even so, when I stopped after about an hour to use one facility, I had to wait 5 minutes to get in. I shudder to think how the main crowd fared when they got there. | |
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L. D. from Toronto, Canada
(9/29/2003)
"The 'Water Boys/Girls' were fantastic!!!!!" (about: 2003)
COURSE: 4 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 3 I wish the markers were defined much bigger & bolder for the 1/2 marathon & the full marathon. | |
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D. P. from Kingston, Ontario
(9/29/2003)
"Well organized, uniform course, FUN!" (about: 2003)
COURSE: 4 ORGANIZATION: 4 FANS: 2 This race was great. It had ample support, more than enough water stations. The course itself had uniform elevation. The final third was kind of depressing, running along a lonely stretch of barren land. I ran this race two years ago and that bit was at the beginning (route was in reverse) and I think that was better. The steel drum bands helped keep us upbeat. Almost no spectators (apart from the wonderful race volunteers who were very encouraging) lined the course, though more publicity should change that in the future. Overall I had a great time! | |
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R. D. from Mississauga
(9/29/2003)
"Had a great time" (General Comments)
COURSE: 4 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 5 I ran the 5K and found it to be well organized, fun, and the weather really cooperated. There were many inspirational moments, and it was great to see all the family and friends who came out to cheer us all on. Hope to do it again next year. |
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