Personally, never again! Course was pure concrete, I started feeling it around mile 5, started walking at mile 6, it was the most dreadful marathon ever. My legs were stiff, in my 10 years of running many half & a couple of fulls, I had NEVER experienced that. It took my months and months to recover, took me months just get back to a 5K distance. On the other hand, swag was cool, many hotels near the start/finish & good weather.