Adirondack Marathon
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The Adirondack Marathon is a marathon (26.2 miles) held each September on a road course around Schroon Lake. The race motto is "The most beautiful 26 miles 385 yards you will ever run." Although the race is a Boston Marathon Qualifier, its numbers are relativley low, there were 206 finishers in 2005.
[edit] The Course
The Adirondack Marathon begins on Main St. in Schroon Lake Village. The course goes north on Rt. 9 to the Alder Meadow Rd where it stays relativley flat for the first 3 and a half miles however between 3 and a half and six miles the course rises almost 300 feet to an elevation of 1100 feet above sea level. On the east side of Schroon Lake the course follows East Shore Dr., a scenic Adirondack Mountain road. The course drops to an elevation of 900 feet between mile 6 amd mile 8 and then steadily climbs again between miles 8 and 11. During this section of the course their are beautiful views of the lake. The elevetation drops as the course enters the village of Adirondack where it remains relativley flat. After rounding the southern tip of the lake, the course rejoins the rolling hills of Rt. 9 in Pottersville, turns north and returns to Schroon Lake Village, ending at the Town Beach on Leland Ave.
[edit] History
The Adirondack Marathon was first held in 1997. The winner on the Men's side was James Garrett in a time of 2:37:21 and on the Women's side Simone Stoeppler won in a time of 3:04:08 which remains the course record. On the Men's side Peter Heimgartner has won the race six times ('98-'00,'02,'04,'06) while the women's race has seen Virginia Rebeuh win a pair of races ('98,'05). The men's course record was set in 2007 by David Herr in a time of 2:36:55. The handcycle race began in 2000 and the course record was set in 2003 by Chris Klebl in a time of 1:46:50.
