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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 211 to 221]
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K. W. from Hamilton Ontario
(9/28/2003)
"Fast, flat course with perfect weather" (about: 2003)
COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 4 FANS: 2 My wife and I ran it today for the first time. The comments last year were very negative. The organizers must have listened to the comments. The course is very flat with only a few small hills. Today a 92-year old man broke 6 hours in a time of 5:40. This is a new world record. This guy came in looking fresh as a daisy. I hope to God that I will be able to run at 92, let alone live that long. Also Ed Whitlock became the first man in history at the age of 72 to break 3 hours. Many people commented last year that the scenery was awful. I thought it was fine. For example, last spring we ran the Ottawa Marathon and they had the Tulip Festival going on. A number of people asked me how I enjoyed seeing all the tulips along the marathon. I said, "What tulips?" It is the same for this course. When you run with a group you are more concerned with your splits than you are the scenery. The water stations were well stocked and the people at them were very encouraging. The water stations were nicely spaced apart every 2-2 1/2 KMs. The KM markers were easy to spot as long as you realized that the yellow markers were for the marathoners and the red markers were for the half marathoners. There was very little crowd support along most of the route, but at the finish there was a huge throng of people. That always makes you feel good at the end. The runners on the course were all supportive of each other and there were many smiling faces encouraging each other. This year the weather was absolutely perfect. Very little wind, with lots of sunshine and a starting temperature of 11 Celsius. | |
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K. L. from Toronto, On
(9/28/2003)
"Just bad!!!" (about: 2003)
COURSE: 1 ORGANIZATION: 3 FANS: 2 Sure the course is flat, but what is there to look at? Nothing. The crowds are small, the scenery is boring, and you generally feel alone. This should not be the case when your in the largest city in Canada. You would think a race organizer would understand the importance of promotion? So what is with the t-shirt that no one will ever wear. People usually enjoy wearing their race t-shirt with pride, to let other people know that they are a runner. Last year's shirt was the worst and this year's is not much better! The course needs to be changed! So what if you have to change the name from 'Waterfront' to something else. The race should be run in the city and in the spring. | |
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P. C. from Toronto
(9/28/2003)
"Great course, good music, wonderful day" (about: 2003)
COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 4 FANS: 3 I thought the course was excellent. It was a real treat to be able to watch the marathoners (especially the leaders) as we were running the half. Although the music was good, would have liked to have heard a few more bands! | |
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R. L. from Pickering,ON, Canada, EH?!
(9/28/2003)
"Great race!" (about: 2003)
COURSE: 4 ORGANIZATION: 4 FANS: 1 Where were the spectators? Great day for a run. | |
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P. H. from Toronto
(9/28/2003)
"A good marathon with potential to be great" (about: 2003)
COURSE: 2 ORGANIZATION: 4 FANS: 1 I only did the half this year (I'm training for Chicago), but I'm very familiar with the course. The ideal thing would be a merger of the two Toronto marathons, with a single great route through more neighborhoods & scenery. | |
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Avid local runner from Toronto
(5/28/2003)
"Room to improve" (about: 2002)
COURSE: 3 ORGANIZATION: 4 FANS: 2 The half-marathon is a great route, and the 5km run is one of the city's best races at that distance. However, the last half of the full-marathon course seems repulsive and boring, and this is where the event needs to improve. And why is it only one month prior to the CIM and Niagara Marathons? Why not hold it in March (Toronto badly needs a pre-spring marathon)? | |
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N. D. from Aurora
(5/20/2003)
"Ugly and boring course" (about: 2002)
COURSE: 1 ORGANIZATION: 2 FANS: 1 I agree with my buddy: this was not a good event. The part under the highway and the long run up the dump into the lake was really bad. No people around, and very few water stations made it worse. It was also windy the whole time, and this made it difficult near the end. | |
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L. B. from Toronto, Canada
(1/16/2003)
"cheap!!" (about: 2002)
COURSE: 1 ORGANIZATION: 1 FANS: 1 I run with MDI and though there are a few runners in this group who push this event....... only because they work for it, it's a bad marathon. This year I voluntered for it at a water station. I think the whole group would agree, it's an ugly course in a desolute area of the city with no spectators, or life. A marathon needs life, this one doesn't have it! It is so disorganized, with a bad expo, a worse pasta dinner, cheap shirts that I use to wash the car with, and nothing on the route of interest unless you like bleak dark grey concrete and miles of landfill (theres a reason they call it the spit). Why does Toronto have 2 marathons anyway? This one should go away. If this is what Scotiabank supports, I think I'll switch banks. I would not recommend it to anyone. | |
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A Runner from Toronto
(9/29/2002)
"Needs work!!!!" (about: 2002)
COURSE: 2 ORGANIZATION: 1 FANS: 1 There was no publicity, no one even knew it was happining, which was evident with the angry drivers. There were no people to be seen for most of the course except at the water stops. The course was not well marked and I heard at the finsih line many people saying the same thing - the km points were off and many were missing totally. Whats that about??? How can they run a marathon that is so disorganized. There was no medical or massage at the finish line and I really could have used it. The price is not worth it in my opinion. Run a different marathon, as this one needs much more work. Almost forgot, they should start at a later time. | |
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A Runner from Silver Spring, Maryland USA
(9/26/2002)
"Good marathon, could use more scenic course." (about: 2002)
COURSE: 3 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 2 This course in flat except for a slight incline in the last kilometer as you approach the last turn to the finish. The course has several out-and-backs. The first one is nice as it goes along Lakeshore Boulevard. That is maybe the first 15K. Then it gets rather dull as it goes through miles and miles of what seems to be an industrial area. Very few spectators on the course, but most who were out there were enthusiastic, including the police officers. On-course support was excellent with lots of water, Gatorade and four Power Gel stands. The music, particularly the live performances, was good. I liked being able to use toilets in Metro Hall before the race and then afterwards to wash up and change my clothes. They also had portable toilets. I would have liked a larger expo before the race and some salty foods after. I am one of those runners you see totally encrusted with salt after a marathon and it would be nice to have some pretzels or chips immediately to start replenishing the sodium levels. Fortunately, I have learned to bring my own. I wish I knew on race day that I was second in my age group rather than third. I would have preferred the 2nd place prize, but by time I discovered it I was already home in the U.S. The weather was suprisingly hot and humid. Great for spectating but not so good for trying to run a PR. Oh well, maybe next time. Overall this marathon was a good experience for me and I would do it again. |
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