Very scenic out and back course (3rd. year of new course.  First and last two miles run along our beautiful inner bay Back Cove in Portland.Also Maine Half Marathon and Marathon Relay.  All three races are together for the first 6 miles.  Marathon flat and rolling with last 9 miles flat.  Half Marathon flat, fast and very scenic.  Selected "2004 New England Race of the Year".  Selected 50 States Club Reunion Site.  All volunteer, proceeds always benefit Maine children.

Maine Marathon

Post-Race Review/ Results

Emily LeVan winning time of 2:47:38 in the 11th Sportshoe Maine Marathon was the fastest time for a Maine woman on Maine soil.  But the state record for the marathon still resides with New Hampshire runner Karen Dunn who set the state marathon record of 2:41:03 in 1982.

Emily LeVan, the 29-year-old Bowdoin graduate from Wiscasset who won Sunday's 11th Sportshoe Maine Marathon, did so in the fastest time for a Maine woman on Maine soil.

But LeVan's time of 2 hours, 47 minutes, 38 seconds was not the state record for a woman in the marathon.

That record, now more than two decades old, belongs to Karen Dunn, who was an undergraduate at the University of New Hampshire when she won the 1982 Paul Bunyan Marathon in Bangor in 2:41:03.

Now married and working as a college professor in Ohio, Karen McCracken produced her record time in her debut marathon. Joan Benoit Samuelson of Freeport, holds the marathon records in three states: California, Oregon and Washington, but not Maine.

Winning time fast, not fastest in Maine Marathon

Emily LeVan's goal for the Maine Marathon was simply to break 3 hours. Levan, who has no coach or training partners, blew past her goal time to a woman's state record of 2:47:48. The time was good enough to take third overall but more importantly it got her an invite the the 2004 Olympic trials in St. Louis.

And No One Even Saw Her Coming in Maine

Only do if you want to run a marathon in Maine

Marathon Summary

Marathon Results