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Registration opens for The Lincoln Marathon
Runners can officially add the Lincoln Marathon to their race calendars starting this weekend.
Registration for the event, which includes a full and a half marathon, opens Saturday.
Early birds can nab a discount on registration fees by signing up in person for the race. Fleet Feet stores in Lincoln and Omaha and the Lincoln Running Company will host sign-up events.
Runners who register at the stores from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday will get a $5 discount and a free beanie. The events at Fleet Feet stores will include fun runs that start at 7 a.m.; the Lincoln Running Company fun run also starts at 7 a.m.
The Lincoln Marathon, in its 43rd year, is May 3.
The race is capped at 12,000 runners, said race director Nancy Sutton. Last year's race, which had the same cap, drew about 10,000 runners.
In previous years, the race was capped at 13,500 runners and sold out, sometimes within a day.
Sutton attributes the dip in numbers to runners having more race options from which to choose. But organizers are happy with the numbers they're getting.
The cost to run the full marathon is $90. The cost of running the half marathon is $70.
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Lincoln Marathon
The Lincoln National Guard Marathon and Half-Marathon is run on a citywide course that starts and finishes on the campus of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Runners in both races share a common start and run a loop route past the Nebraska State Capitol, along Sheridan Boulevard, past Union College, along the Highway 2 bike path, past the Lincoln County-City Building...
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