The Lake Placid Marathon Voted #2 "Best Destination" Race in the USA by Runner's World Magazine reader survey! Details in the January 2010 issue on newsstands now!
Lake Placid, NY. The world’s leading running magazine, Runner’s World, reports that a recent readership survey voted the Lake Placid Marathon as the second most popular “Best Destination” race in the United States! Results are listed in the January 2010 issue of Runner’s World Marathon Guide now on newsstands nation wide.
According to the survey, the Lake Placid Marathon’s high ranking is the result of voting done by 7,980 runners who took the 2008 runnersworld.com survey online over a 383 day period. There were 435 marathons held in the United States in 2008 (Runner’s World, 2010).
The Lake Placid Marathon was the national runner-up behind the Big Sur Marathon in California. See the full story in the January 2010 issue pages 67-73.
Lake Placid is known internationally as a sports town - and the word about Lake Placid Marathon & Half is spreading quickly. In 2009 the race hosted over 2,000 runners representing over 40 U.S. States, Canada and abroad. Race management is preparing for another record number of runners in June 2010.
Race weekend activities for the 6th annual Lake Placid Marathon & Half take place June 11-13, 2010. Race day is Sunday June 13. For more information go to http://www.lakeplacidmarathon.com
VIEW the START of the 2009 Races Here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlnSsJjQkBA
Source:
Hamilton, M. (2010, January) Reader’s Choice: Best Destination Race. Runner’s World, 71.