Steamtown Marathon (Read 454 times)

This is one of my favorite race reports, if I wasn't planning to run Baystate in Lowell MA in October I think I'd be heading for Steamtown. rockenmamof5 's Steamtown Race Report

I ran my first and only marathon there last year. I can confirm this is a great race. It's well organized, and has plenty of crowd support. I think they cap the race at 2500 runners. I am not sure if it ever fills up, and I think there were about 1800 or so folks running last year. I found that to be ideal, not too crowded, but you never really feel like you are running alone. Most of the elevation drop is at miles 3 and 4. After that it is mostly flat with a few small rollers until the last few miles, where there are a couple of uphills. Honestly, the only reason these uphills are a big deal is because you have just run 23 miles. I actually found it relieving to run up them because my quads were beat up from the earlier downhills. This is usually a very fast marathon. Last year it was very warm (low 70's and humid) and the times were up. At least it was cloudy. I would run the race again and highly recommend it.