Register early to get best price
Getting ready tips:
* Your gear bag, you would need to drop off the day before the race if you were to use it-
Bathrooms:
Runners:
About the race/course:
Getting to race and back
Tips on what to do:
Post-race food:
Swag:
* someone claimed they did not see any bathrooms until mile 6
* Porta potties have signs for men and women....
What the place is like:
* The place was decorated with holiday decor
* Fireworks at the start: This is a 20 minute full fledged colorful display that rivals some of the best Fourth of July fireworks shows I've seen.
The Expo:
* a person claimed the expo was mediocre and somewhat disappointing
* Many booths with little connection to running
* Public parking is available at the Convention Centre. It was $10 and there were plenty of spots.
* Thursday, December 8 – 9:00 AM-6:00 PM, Friday, December 9 – 9:00 AM-7:00 PM, Saturday, December 10 – 9:00 AM-5:00 PM. Bring your confirmation email to the packet pick up. I will try to get there Saturday day and then stay Monday and Tuesday afterwards and check out Wednesday morning.
* Lots of people register then don't show up. Sp 33,000 might be registered and only about 22,000 show up.
* Japanese runners take more than 65 percent of the starters
* No time limit BUT, " the course was billed as having no cut-off times, yet aid stations were being closed, and street sweepers had moved in, as walkers struggled in the late-afternoon Hawaiian heat. I understand the need to clean and close the course, but the course should not be billed as having no time-limit, if it in fact is going to be closed after a certain time."
* 10 miles of out and back in the full sun
* Sold as destination run for Japanese, some seem unprepared
* No corrals
* there was apparently an allowance for young children to participate in the race.
* beginning of race was very confusing
* Finishing in Kapiolani Park
* The course is spectacular
* 5am start, sunshine comes up at 7am
* The course is mostly flat with the only two noticeable hills (at mile 8 and mile 24).
* The biggest little thing that made a big difference: Sponges! I had never been so relieved to see a sponge in my life - and multiple times throughout the race - I was in heaven! These ice cold sponges were amazing to rub all over your arms, legs, face, squeeze on top of your head, stick down your shirt, whatever - just to keep you cool.
* that this particular race has many slow runners and walkers.
* The Honolulu Marathon is the fourth largest marathon in the United States after New York, Boston, and Chicago.
* "organizers should look at a shuttle bus concept to get people to the start line rather than making everyone making their way to the zoo (or the start). The last thing I want to do before a marathon is walk 2+ miles at 3am."
* People complained about being stranded at the end of Waikiki
* No easy transportation to race or from finish
Weather:
* Lots of heat and humidity, train for this!
* start 70 finish 80-84 degrees depending on time of finish. Some patchy clouds, light breezes.
Bring a handheld, water stations were only on one side.
* Dress in light colored clothing that’s also lightweight and has vents or mesh. Also wear a hat, sunglasses and sunscreen.
*post-race food: the most amazing Malasadas you will eat
* Polish donuts
* You don't know what the medal or t-shirt looks like until you finish
* took a long walk to get finisher shirt and medal at the end
Hotels:
* If you stay towards the finish, there's a shuttle to the start. If you stay towards the finish, they direct you towards an area of taxi/uber/lyft and public transportation.
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