04/06/2026
The race website is the worst place to decide whether to do a race. It's also where almost everyone decides.
Here's the thing: that site is a sales page. It's not going to tell you the aid stations ran dry last year, or that the shuttle to the start never showed. So I look everywhere else first — last year's results, the one-star reviews, a maps app for the real travel cost.
Wrote up the whole method this week. Works the same for a marathon, a tri, or a Hyrox:
https://sportingscouter.substack.com/p/the-worst-place-to-pick-a-race-is-its-website