Expo: Good experience, nothing crazy. Easy to get your bib and look around. Beware you will have to go through a metal detector, so if you are like my dad and carry a knife everywhere you will need to make sure you leave that at home.

The race shirts are great quality (both 2014 & 2015), however the neck holes are suuuuppppeeeerrrr tight! Many people end up taking them to a tailor to get a zipper added (and they end up looking really nice then). You also get a patch which is really neat as well.

Getting to the start by metro is really easy, however in 2015 they made you go through metal detectors and this held everything up (to the point many were late to the start). However, once you got into the start line village (family could accompany you), there were tons of portajohns! A runners dream!

The finish is an up hill finish, not fun but well worth having a Marine give you your medal. Very awesome experience. You get a pre-made goodie box with lots of food and a neat finishers cover-up.

The course is fairly easy, some bridges to go over. Spectators galore (except for a couple of miles).

Really great course and amazing finish with all the Marines.