SCRANTON HALF-MARATHON: Runners ready to tackle new course
A new course awaits the field for the 13th annual Scranton Half-Marathon on Sunday. Part of the reason for the new course is due to the replacement project of the Elm Street bridge that connects South Scranton and West Scranton. But race organizer Matt Byrne said the change is also due to some feedback from runners about that area of the Lackawanna River Heritage Trail.
“They’ve mentioned ...
A new course awaits the field for the 13th annual Scranton Half-Marathon on Sunday. Part of the reason for the new course is due to the replacement project of the Elm Street bridge that connects South Scranton and West Scranton. But race organizer Matt Byrne said the change is also due to some feedback from runners about that area of the Lackawanna River Heritage Trail.
“They’ve mentioned about trying a year without that out-and-back section of the trail,” Byrne said. “It’s a little tight, a little boring. They love the crowd, our spectators bring such energy on the streets that it gets a bit quiet back there and they want to keep that energy going.
So it was a little bit of both. Yes, the bridge being out allowed us to request to the city and the police department if we could block off three more miles and they were nice enough to do that for us. So we’re grateful and looking forward to this new course.
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