I have ran in the R & R at VA beach twice. I totally love the race and if it were not for a knee injury, I would still be going to it. The race was very well organized, from signing up all the way to the finish line!!! The race was fun for my non-participating family members as well. The live bands that are around the course are great. The Expo is a great place to find all kinds of runner/fitness items. .....for those that say it will do nothing for our local economy, you are wrong. The bands (people)will be paid, hotels (that employ people)will be booked, restaurants (that employ people) will have lots of business and all those companies that have booths at the Expo (and people work for them) will sell merchandise....how is that not promoting local economy?

Raleigh is a tough place to marathon with all the hills and more or less unpredictable weather & humidity. I ran the 1st Raleigh marathon, it was a horrible experience in December several years ago. 20 degrees, the sweat was freezing on my body. The R & R could be a great marathon on a good day. The powers that be have a funny way of completely messing things up ... this is my biggest fear.

totally awesome

[quote=12155446]Post by sgpepr[/quote]

There are bands throughout the race course and after the race there is usually a concert...

I really feel that there should be some feedback to the city fathers and to the general public at large on how big of a mistake this decision is. And with no input at all from the local running community. Right now ALL they are doing is trying to sugar coat this in the local media, that it's going to be a great thing. The city and the general population of Raleigh NEED to know that there is a very LARGE community of runners out here that are very mad about this decision. And I am basing that statement on the feedback I have received on social media in the last 24 hours since this announcement was made!!! Most of the people out here who are trying to push back on us and feel that we are being cry babies, are not true runners, who are passionate about our sport, and they don't care that it is being overrun by a large multi-million dollar corporation.

[quote=12156825]Post by 321fish123[/quote]

Obviously 321fish123 missed the point, which isn't surprising based on the astute comment

[quote=12155473]Post by PekesRule[/quote]...wah wah wah, you cheap SOB

[quote=12154316]Post by RL_Bynum[/quote]...you are truly a cheapskate

R&R CEO Dickey stated that they were going to design a "fast & flat" course in Raleigh, that goes to show he is clueless, I would love to see this "flat" course in Raleigh. Also, maybe someone should have asked him to explain the significant decrease in runners in St. Petersburg a few weeks ago (another city that paid the R&R to come and has lost money both years) From 7000 runners in 2012 to 4300 runners a few weeks ago for their 2013 race. 70% of runners both years being local so no big tourism $$.

There should be rock-n-roll bands playing at every mile marker. This will be great event for Raleigh.

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