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2026 edition held Sep 13, 2026
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2027 date not yet confirmed
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The Erie Marathon at Presque Isle is a September road marathon on Presque Isle State Park, the peninsula in Lake Erie at Erie, Pennsylvania. It is hosted by the Erie Runners Club, the first Erie Marathon was held in 1974, and the race has been run at Presque Isle since 2002. Before that the marathon used an original course until 1986 and a city course, called the Eriesistable Marathon, from 1987 to 2001. The marathon is two laps around the park, a distance of 26.2 miles, and it starts at 7 a.m. at the Beach 1 pavilion, which is also the finish. The organisers call the course "Flat, Fast & Fun", with views of Lake Erie, the City of Erie bayfront and miles of beaches, marshes and wooded paths. It is a Boston qualifying race. In 2018 and 2019 the course was run in the reverse direction. Nearly 1,200 runners took part in 2026, when Colton Cassel won the men's race in 2:35:10 and Danielle Scida won the women's in 2:56:41, both in their first marathon.
Typical climate for the race month — an estimate, not a forecast or a race-day record
Mid-September in Erie averages a daily high of about 23°C and a low of about 14°C, with some precipitation on around ten days of the month.
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The Erie Marathon began in 1974 on an original course that was used until 1986. From 1987 to 2001 it ran as the Eriesistable Marathon on a city course that wound through Erie, looped Presque Isle and ended at Veterans Stadium. Since 2002 it has been held at Presque Isle State Park, and in 2018 and 2019 the two laps were run in the opposite direction.
Terrence Stanley won in 2:19:27 in 1978, a time the organisers mark as a course record on the original course. Laura Kaulen won at Presque Isle in 2:42:12 in 2014, breaking the course record, and Zac Truman's 2:23:17 in 2024 is the fastest men's winning time recorded since the race moved to Presque Isle.
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