By Jesse Drake, executive director of the Fox Cities Marathon  The courses for the 2018 Community First Fox Cities Marathon presented by Miron Construction were designed to feature some of the great areas within the Fox Cities that you might not be familiar with.  The full marathon course features almost seven miles of paved trails, […]

By Jesse Drake, executive director of the Fox Cities Marathon  The 2018 Community First Fox Cities Marathon Presented by Miron Construction Training Runs & Walks has started.  If you haven’t taken advantage of or given these FREE weekly training runs a try, you’re missing out!  We’ve once again partnered with the PaceSetters Running Club of […]

By Carol Spaeth-Bauer This year I will run my first full marathon, but getting here has not been an easy journey. I’ve been a runner most of my life. I started running when I was in high school and I was good at it. I enjoyed it, so I kept running. Now, more than 30 […]

By Jesse Drake, executive director of the Fox Cities Marathon  The 2018 spring race season is in full swing. One of northeast Wisconsin’s largest local races takes place this upcoming weekend – the Cellcom Green Bay Marathon.  If you’re participating this weekend, we wish you the best of luck! Whether you’re participating or just spectating […]

By Bill Fahrenkrug Running the ThedaCare Half Marathon with my grandchildren last year left an impact on me that I will never forget. I want to thank Steven, Kristin, Sarah, Ben, Chelsea, Alicia, Kali, Tracy, Christine, and my daughter Kathy for such a memorable event. The weather was brutal and took its toll, causing me […]

The Fox Cities Marathon Builds Community in the Fox Valley By: Jan Peebles There’s nothing quite like the thrill of standing at the starting line, hearing the music and feeling the adrenaline in my body as I’m getting ready to run. I felt it at my first race, a half-marathon in 2006. I felt it […]

By Dr. Mark Westfall, Fox Cities Marathon Medical Director This year’s Boston Marathon, held on April 16, was cold, rainy and windy – horrible conditions actually! Winter blizzard Evelyn turned into rain and wind by the time it hit the East coast – far from ideal conditions for running a marathon. The race day weather […]