Well this is a tough marathon to review. I really, really want to say it was awesome but I just can't. In spite of a great location and scenery the marathon left a lot to be desired. Primarily I came up WAY short on mileage and had to run through the finish and the half mile back to the hotel! The course starts through town which is awesome and immediately gets around the lake but then it heads straight out of town. That's fine but getting routed through the parking lot at the fairgrounds stunk and then there was very little interest on the backroads the course took. Traveling too and from Lake Placid we saw great scenery but we sure didn't seem to be in the same area for the marathon.I can say that the race support was generally nice and reception at the finish along with the food choices was good. I'm never a fan a combined half/full medals and/or shirts.

There is a lot of great marathon options out there...and thus a lot of completion.