[GaRebelRunner]

Let me know what you think of Richmond. I'm already registered for the Nov 10 marathon this year. It falls on the Marine Corps Birthday and since the Marine Corps marathon is too big for me I chose this one. It gets very good reviews in at marathonguide.com.<br><br>
I'm staying in the host hotel. The rooms were $125.00/night. I think I'm staying 3 nights.<br><br>
I am completely revamping my training for Richmond and working on a 3:45 marathon, which is very doable if I stay on track and keep focused.

 

[GaRebelRunner]

The Niagara Falls marathon is very nice, although the weather can always be somewhat dicy. It's about as flat a race as you can ever run with the exception of maybe Myrtle Beach. About the only hill of significance is the bridge crossing from Buffalo to Canada.<br><br>
The year I ran it U.S. Customs would not permit runners to cross the bridge so the route had to switched to an all Canadian route. It rained the first 5 minutes of the race and then we were fine the rest of the way.<br><br>
It was also the first marathon I ran under 4 hours.