USAF Marathon & Rochester Marathon

Yes, its a 2 marathon report, both good ones.
Rochester Marathon was Sept 12 in Rochester NY. Tracy, Brendan Kavanaugh, Jim Tuttle, and myself were off to stay over Saturday night for the Sunday race. Small expo, cotton longsleeve shirt(nice) and a well organized event made this a definate one to consider as its not that far to drive.The course starts on a small bridge downtown, heads downhill for miles through some nice areas before turning onto bike trail for about 16 miles along the Erie Canal and Genesee River.The course is flatter than the profile on the website, and quite fast. Brendan was first in his age group, and we all had a great race.

The USAF Marathon takes place in Dayton Ohio. It starts and finishes on Wright Patterson Airforce base. Tracy, Oliver Owens, and myself all drove down. Cynthia Osborne and Brian were also there. The course is hilly and was hot with temps in the low 80's, but you soon forget all that when you expierience a B52 Bomber low fly over a few times at the start, and then a couple of F16' fighter jets. The patriotism is everywhere and you feel honoured to be able to run in some of the high security areas on the base. The finish line corrals you to an awaiting Senior Airforce Officer, one of many waiting, who presents your medal, congratulates you and shakes your hand.It is great, and the medal is one of the best ever. We all had a good, but tough at times run from the hot weather. I highly recommend this race and we plan on going back in 2011.