Managed to get a level 1 Magikarp raid done before work. Had enough candy for quite a few evolutions so now I'm 213 caught as far as the Pokedex goes. Whoot!

I hope there's another exp event soon. Like something for the rest of us to do since so few could go to Go Fest. Then I might be able to hit Level 30 before the end of summer.

I haven't done any raids yet.
You get the pokemon after it's over? Or candy? That's really cool!

By participating and winning a raid battle you earn the privilege (?) of attempting to capture the boss you just battled (at a significantly reduced CP). You earn premier balls for different things during the battle (if it was your team's gym, which team had the most members participating in the battle, etc.) and you can only use those to catch the boss. You can also use the razz berries and golden razz berries.

I need to start hunting down level 1 and 2 raids every day. The gym at work has been spawning level 3 and 4 raids and I can't tell if there are enough people around to even bother with them.

I feel like I wouldn't do too great at the raids because there aren't a lot of people around here.

And I never have time to battle.

I did a level 2 raid today solo. It was a Wheezing and I had to re-try about 3 times before I could beat it. Between tries I was leveling up my Pokemon so I'c have some that were a lot stronger to battle with. I haven't really leveled anything up so I have tons of stardust to use.

Yeah, I've not leveled many of my pokemon so I don't think I could take one down all by myself.
But congrats!

I also haven't done any raids yet. I still haven't got a chance, since I rarely play. And I'm only level 20...

That's not too bad.
Just gotta take advantage of events. It helps level you real quick.