GENESEO — The annual Oak Tree Half Marathon and 5K Run and Walk is fast-approaching, and local runners are looking forward to vying for the famous oak leaf laurel and oak sapling. Returning half marathoner Kenny Goodfellow will aim for the title this year, following a few runner-up finishes in years past. For the women, an intensely competitive field is lined up thus far. Laura Anderson, a former winner of the Half Marathon is making a return, … [Read more...]
Anticipation Soars for Oak Tree Half-Marathon and 5K
GENESEO – The long-anticipated Annual Oak Tree Half Marathon, the most popular running race in Western New York, will begin within two weeks, on August 31. More than 300 runners, led by a cyclist from the Livingston County Cycling Club, will start at 8:00a.m. from the Geneseo Central School, head into Main Street Geneseo, and then complete a grueling 13.1 mile half-marathon on local roads with a spectacular view of the Genesee Valley. The … [Read more...]
Registration Now Open for Annual Oak Tree Half-Marathon
GENESEO - Registration is now open for the Oak Tree Half Marathon and 5K Run and Walk. The race has been annually since 2005 on the Sunday of Labor Day weekend. Genesee Valley Conservancy (GVC). "We're looking at about 750 people registering this year," said Ben Gajewski, Executive Director of GVC. "It's a big year for the race and it's grown every year." As the best known distance running race in the region, the half-marathon is a popular … [Read more...]