"LOOP THE LAKE" The Great New York State Marathon Weekend
About this race
LOOP THE LAKE!! A celebration of the Great State of New York, Races passes through a beautiful tree lined course that loops around Onondaga Lake. The weekend kicks off the morning of Saturday October 18th with the 5k and 10k runs. Then continues the morning of Sunday October 19th with the full and half marathon's.
EXCELSIOR CHALLENGE! Test your endurance and achieve New York State acclaim! When you complete both a Saturday and Sunday race (5k/10k and half/full marathon) you'll earn the prestigious Great New York EXCELSIOR Challenge Medal - in addition to your 5k/10k finisher and half/full marathon medals.
Sign up for one of our Excelsior Challenges and hit the trifecta of medals!
Pick your distance
Running
5K Race
10K Race
Half Marathon
Great New York State Marathon
The Course is certified and is a Boston Qualifier.
5K with Half Marathon Excelsior Challenge
Sign up and finish both the 5K and full marathon to complete this challenge. Finishers of both races will receive the "EXCELSIOR" medal (3 spinner) to go along with your medal's from the 10k and Marathon. And were talking about a "NICE" medal! Now that's a lot of bling.
5k with Marathon Excelsior Challenge
Sign up and finish both the 5K and full marathon to complete this challenge. Finishers of both races will receive the "EXCELSIOR" medal (3 spinner) to go along with your medal's from the 10k and Marathon. And were talking about a "NICE" medal! Now that's a lot of bling.
10K with Half Marathon Excelsior Challenge
Sign up and finish both the 10K and half marathon to complete this challenge. Finishers of both races will receive the "EXCELSIOR" medal (3 spinner) to go along with your medal's from the 10k and Half-Marathon. And were talking about a "NICE" medal! Now that's a lot of bling!
10K with Marathon Excelsior Challenge
Sign up and finish both the 10K and full marathon to complete this challenge. Finishers of both races will receive the "EXCELSIOR" medal (3 spinner) to go along with your medal's from the 10k and Marathon. And were talking about a "NICE" medal! Now that's a lot of bling.
Typical race-day weather
Based on 10 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Syracuse, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 7:20 AM and sets at 6:18 PM local time (EDT) in Syracuse on October 17, 2026 — 10h 58m of daylight.
Course
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Results — "LOOP THE LAKE" The Great New York State Marathon Weekend
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Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.
- Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
- Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
- Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
- Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 25 Syracuse events
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