FALL & WINTER MARATHON INSPIRATION

Travel mural in Amtrack's Chicago Union Station Metropolitan Lounge. Taken by PKSenagore. All rights reserved.

IF YOU AREN’T PLANNING TO RELAX THIS SUMMER and won’t take a break from training it might be motivating to prepare for an amazing race in the upcoming weeks of autumn. Active.com teases readers with an article “Fall and Winter Marathons You Don’t Want to Miss.” A helpful feature is that the links open to races in 4 different parts of the USA: South, Northeast, Midwest, and West. If wishing to stay closer to rather than farther from home, click on your home region. 
 
I checked the Midwest and found 5 highlighted races scheduled from August 31 to the end of October.  Although not competing in marathons, shorter challenges are of interest to me and I know most organizers include other distance events in the weekend marathon festival offerings. So, if you are looking for exciting 5k’s, 10k’s, or half marathons, checking out the 26.2-mile contests is a fun search option.
 
Clicking through all four regions in the article revealed that the Northeast and Midwest hosted late summer and fall competitions, and that most of the late fall-winter races were being held in the warmer areas of the South and West, early November to February 2020.
 
I also noticed that several of the marathons were to be run in locations not too far from the Earned Runs “Across America” route. Inspired I searched very briefly for a few other running festivals along the route:
 
West: Columbia Gorge Marathon 
October 20, 2019 in Hood River, Oregon

Midwest: Oregon Trail Run of Nebraska 
October 26, 2019 in Hebron, Nebraska

Midwest: Milwaukee Lakefront Marathon 
October 6, 2019 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Northeast: Adirondack Marathon Distance Festival 
September 22, 2019 in Schroon Lake, New York

OTHER RACE FESTIVALS not identified in the article, located somewhat near the route: have some novel contests:

• Crazy Horse South Dakota: Marathon, Half Marathon, 5K, 5 Person Marathon Relay; October 5-6, 2019
• Charlotte Covered Bridge 5K/10k race (includes new 5k race-walk event) on the Shore of Lake Champlain in Shelburne, Vermont; September 7, 2019

 
If you plan to continue to work hard this summer and train-up for the fall, this article is a convenient place to find inspiration in destination goal races. Best to consider, also, is that the best races fill early.
 
RUN & MOVE HAPPY!

https://www.active.com/running/articles/fall-and-winter-marathons-you-don-t-want-to-miss