Positives – Flat course, lots of on-course support (water stops and cheers), great post-race festival, free parking.
Negatives – medal had wrong year printed on it and race has never said anything about it to date, no corralling system at start line leads to lots of walker dodging in the first part of the race, kinda boring course (lots of out-and-backs on commercial streets), bib pick up hard to find, poor event shirt – just a white cotton tshirt.
I love SRLA kids. I think it is a great organization to get kids in the mindset of running and physcial fitness, but Bell stated it best in the 2013 review: “This is another run that some of the Students Runner’s training for the LA Marathon do and at times this can be a bit difficult as their running etiquette leaves a little to be desired.” Adults supervising the SRLA kids – please get them to the back of the starting area.