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Friday, May 3, 2024

Boise Marathon ended up being a disaster for runners

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Boise Marathon ended up being a disaster for runners
Boise Marathon ended up being a disaster for runners

Last Sunday we brought you a short piece on the Boise Marathon and during the last week, we received several complaints from runners on how this marathon was organized.

Michael Pasta Ski finishedmarathon he's ever run becreasons.

I think it was veone got um, into a dangerowere horror stories from rin the five K.

The 10-K.

Amarathon ran an extra fiveof the marathon also got lbecause the course was notturn and I and I was like,Like, I don't know what'sAll three of us did not ruWe all ran off course at drunners got deeper into thaids stations that were einot prepared for.

The runnto unpackaged cups and filcooler.

Like that's crazy.four or 5 that were like tthen we finally got to theend before the turn aroundmiles.

And there was, therI mean he was there, but hthere was one cup of waterup.

I was like, dumped.

Iit.

So the guy was next toI picked it up and I had ttook it and he, because wefor water at that point, sand you know, the guy gothad to wait, go where thecup and I slowed down becato like slow down and waitit fair Kostovski actuallythe race with this SpokaneSenegal, so they wouldn'tit was his first marathonwas fast enough to have wowith me for like 16 mileshimself a chance to win thdidn't want to get lost.

Afinished, that should be aaccomplishment, 26.2 mi butheir t shirts and they hamedals as there were no raat the finish line.

That wTypically you cross the lithey have people there, liit to you whatever the casthat's a big thing, like pfor three months, trainedreached out to race organiheard back, this was therein an email.

We want to ofapologies.

We have taken awe have received into accousing it during our planniWith all the major gaps anduring this run.

We will bcreate a runner's board toagain.

We value our relatiof Boise in the running comake things right for allimpacted.

There are no excsolely on us.

Like, I'm noevent again.

And that mighbecause people travel foropportunity to showcase ourunning community we havea hit.

The toughest part iblack eye for the city ofcalled the Boise marathongoing to go back to the plfrom and, and it just lookof Boise as a whole.

So ththat aspect of it and thefirst time runners, like i

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