Race Info

 

In New York State Wine Country

Read what Marathon and Beyond had to say about the Wineglass Marathon. Some details are old but most of the facts are good.

• Join the 29th Wineglass Marathon and Merrill Lynch Team Relay on Sunday, October 3, 2010. 

    

• Wineglass Weekend Schedule:
  Saturday October 2, 2010
  11:00am to 5:00pm Wineglass Marathon Expo- Packet & Shirt Pickup
  SAME CORNING LOCATION - in the Baron Steuben Building at the Information Center, on Market Street in downtown Corning, NY (just past the Finish Line at Centennial Park).
  
  Sunday, October 3, 2010 Race Day
  5:45 am to 7:00am Buses from Corning Finish Line area to Starting Line in Bath
  6:00am to 7:40am Race Registration & Packet Pick-up inside Philips Lighting
  7:45am Pre-race announcements
  8:00am MARATHON AND RELAY STARTS
  12:30pm Begin Overall Awards Program at Finish Line
  2:30pm Course Officially Closed. If you CANNOT finish before 2:30pm you will be asked to leave the course.
  2:30pm Bus from Finish Line back to Start Line
• Age Groups: 14-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-69, 70+; Male & Female
• The Marathon starts at Philips Lighting in Bath and finishes at Riverfront Park in Corning, New York.
• Available at Philips Lighting Staging Area: race-day registration, race number pick-up, inside waiting area, water, port-a-johns, changing area and parking.
• USATF Certification Code: NY05039AM
• The Wineglass Marathon IS a Boston Marathon Qualifier.  Runner's World listed the Wineglass as the 10th best US marathon in terms of percentage of runners qualifying for Boston based on their finishing times (2006 to 2008).   Click on the following link to see the article "So You Want to Get In?" from May 2009 -  http://runnersworld.coverleaf.com/runnersworld/200905/?pg=82

    Individual Marathon Registration Fees

            o $65 thru 09/15/2010
            o $80  9/16/2010 thru 9/30/2010
            o $100 at the Expo (10/02) or on Race Day (10/03)
                   - Paper entry only after 9/30/10
            Online registration click here

    Team Relay Registration Fees

        o $25/person ($75/team) thru 09/01/2010
        o $30/person ($90/team) 9/02/2010 thru
              9/22/2010                                     
        o $40/person ($120/team) 9/23/2010 thru 9/30/2010
        o $50/person ($150/team) at the Expo (10/02) or on Race Day (10/03)
                 - Paper entry only after 9/30/2010
        Online registration  click here

*Please note that Team Names are limited to 24 characters in length. Larger team names will be cut to 24 characters.

• All Runners in the Marathon and Relay will receive a Wineglass Marathon long sleeve high-tec shirt (Asics).  We will be providing both Men's and Women's shirt style/fit again this year!  Please note your size based on the this information. 
• All runners also receive a split of Pleasant Valley (Great Western) NYS Brut Champagne with commemorative silk-screen Wineglass Marathon logo and race date along with a commemorative Wineglass Marathon "wineglass" (new for 2010!).
• Finishers for both the Marathon and Team Relay receive unique glass finishers medal (Marathon Finisher Medals) made by Hands-On-Glass in Corning, NY.  Marathon finishers also get an official finisher certificate card from the Wineglass Marathon by mail after the event. 

Refreshments after the race near the Finish Line area include Pizza (Rico's NY Style Pizza); Polly-O String Cheese (Kraft Foods); Coke and Powerade products (Elmira Coca Cola); Culligan water (Sport Bottles); Bagels, cookies, bananas and of course chicken soup (Wegmans); and NYS Apples (Beartown Peaches and Cream). 

Massage and Medical are also located at the finish line area.  Showers are available at the Corning YMCA (nearby the Finish area......at about mile 26.0 of the course).

• Buses: Because the Wineglass course is a point-to-point race, the best option for runners traveling without a non-running driver is to park at the Finish and take a bus to the start in the morning. This way you will not have to wait until the afternoon for buses to go back to the starting line to get your car.
  
  Buses for the Marathon and Relay are available before the race from the Finish Line parking area near Centerway Square to the Start Line at Philips Lighting from 5:45 to 7:00am. Buses are FREE to all runners.  This includes a late day bus from the finish to the start which will leave at 2:30 pm.
  
  Buses to the two Relay Exchange Points are available at the Start Line and from Relay Exchange Points to the finish line (again, there is no fee for these buses).

The Wineglass Marathon is proud to announce that a portion of the proceeds from runner entry fees this will again be donated toward two (2) organizations that support the health and well being of people in the Southern Tier region of upstate New York.  The organizations designated to receive donations this year include:

    The Greater Steuben Red Cross                        http://www.gs-arc.org/

    Health Ministries of the Southern Tier            http://www.sthealthministry.com/

Thanks for participating in the Wineglass Marathon and Marathon Team Relay and helping us, help others at the same time!