The Wineglass Marathon is a marathon

Marathon

The marathon is a long-distance running event with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres , that is usually run as a road race...

, 42.195 kilometres (26.219 mi), and team relay of the same distance held each October in the Finger Lakes

Finger Lakes

The Finger Lakes are a pattern of lakes in the west-central section of Upstate New York in the United States. They are a popular tourist destination. The lakes are long and thin , each oriented roughly on a north-south axis. The two longest, Cayuga Lake and Seneca Lake, are among the deepest in...

 region of New York state. The race is a point-to-point course starting in Bath

Bath (town), New York

Bath is a town in Steuben County, New York, United States. The 2000 population was 12,097. The Town are either named after the city in England or after Lady Bath, daughter of a landowner.The Town of Bath contains the village Bath...

, and finishing in Corning

Corning (city), New York

Corning is a city in Steuben County, New York, United States, on the Chemung River. The population was 10,842 at the 2000 census. It is named for Erastus Corning, an Albany financier and railroad executive who was an investor in the company that developed the community.- Overview :The city of...

. In 2009 the Wineglass Marathon had the 6th highest percentage of participants to qualify for the Boston Marathon

Boston Marathon

The Boston Marathon is an annual marathon hosted by the U.S. city of Boston, Massachusetts, on Patriots' Day, the third Monday of April. Begun in 1897 and inspired by the success of the first modern-day marathon competition in the 1896 Summer Olympics, the Boston Marathon is the world's oldest...

 with 209 runners, or 27.0%, qualifying.

The course

The Wineglass Marathon course starts in the parking lot at Philips Lighting, just north of Bath, NY. It begins with a 40 ft. drop over the first mile as it proceeds into downtown Bath. Miles 2-4 are relatively flat allowing runners the opportunity to establish a rhythm. The first hill is located at the 4.75 mile mark where there is approximately a 40 ft. uphill climb. Over the next four miles the course passes through the countryside decorated with fall foliage. In this section, there are two small hills to climb despite an overall drop in elevation of 90 ft. Runners then enter the town of Savona

Savona, New York

Savona is a village in Steuben County, New York, United States. The population was 822 at the 2000 census. The village is named after Savona in Italy.The Village of Savona is located in the eastern part of the Town of Bath...

 where the first Team Relay zone is located. Exiting Savona runners again pass through the countryside with the course continuing its slight downhill slide, approximately 40 ft. over the next 4 miles before reaching the mid-way point located in Campbell

Campbell, New York

Campbell is a town in Steuben County, New York, United States. The population was 3,691 at the 2000 census. The name is from Robert Campbell, an early landowner.The Town of Campbell is centrally located in the county and is northwest of Corning....

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After leaving Campbell the course rises 30 ft. at mile 14. The next 4.2 miles show another slight drop in elevation totaling 80 ft. until the runners come into Coopers Plains, site of the second Team Relay exchange. Two miles out the runners enter a small park just inside the town of Painted Post

Painted Post, New York

Painted Post is a village in Steuben County, New York, United States. The village is in the town of Erwin, west of the city of Corning. The population was 1,842 at the 2000 census. The name comes from a painted and carved post found by explorers at the junction of three local rivers...

 and continue on with a route through a residential neighborhood. At mile 22.5 the runners come to a bike path and from there it is a virtually a flat course to the finish. The participants pass through Riverside

Riverside, Steuben County, New York

----Riverside is a village in Steuben County, New York, United States. The population was 594 at the 2000 census.Riverside is situated in the town of Corning and is a western suburb of the city of Corning.-Geography:...

 and downtown Corning. The finish is located just after crossing a pedestrian bridge which passes over the Chemung River

Chemung River

The Chemung River is a tributary of the Susquehanna River, approximately long, in south central New York and northern Pennsylvania in the United States. It drains a mountainous region of the northern Allegheny Plateau in the Southern Tier of New York...

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History

The race was first held in 1981 and has been held annually ever since. The course records are:

Male Open: Andrew Herr, Latrobe, PA 2:22:52 (1997)

Female Open: Leslie Carson, Ontario CN 2:49:09 (1998)

Male Masters (40+): Steve Wilson, Layfayette, IN 2:28:55 (2002)

Female Masters (40+): Mary Burns-Prine, San Diego, CA 2:49:46 (1997)

Male Veterans (50+): Terry Stanley, 52, Eldred, PA 2:42:40 (2004)

Female Veterans (50+): Brenda Wilson, Stuart, FL 3:08:45 (2007)