The Philly marathon was my first marathon! Prior to signing up I had heard a lot of good things about the Philadelphia marathon from people in my running club. They commented on the crowd support to the scenic course and boy did it live up to the hype! It was such

This race has been around for 24 years and had been one of the more popular 5K's in Bergen County.
I run a lot of races (20+) a year, and I have to say I was very disappointed about this event. Online registration was a very difficult process that closed me out

The swimming portion runs parallel to the beach and the waves are typically small so early in the morning.
The bike portion has a beautiful 11.1 mile course along the Lake Minnewaska and beautiful views and the run is 2.5 miles
out and back along the Lake and finishes by a soccer field.