The 10th Holy Family Memorial Maritime Marathon is scheduled for this Sunday.
Race Director Dave Nickels tells Seehafer News that the 26.2 mile race begins and ends at the UW-Green Bay Manitowoc campus, and follows a familiar lakefront path.
“We have a lot of people who are repeat performers,” Nickels said. “They really do enjoy the course along the lake. Also, we get (many) accolades on the Two Rivers part where we’re right on the beach there, they put that sidewalk in a number of years ago. That really goes over well and our communities support us really well.
Nickels said they have approximately 450 entrants for the event, which remains a Boston marathon qualifier and it’s also sanctioned by U-S Track & Field with points involved for some of the runners in the series.
It begins at 7:00 am and the first competitors should be coming in between 9:30 and 10:00 a.m.
Nickels says they couldn’t operate this marathon without a solid group of volunteers.
“We have over 150 volunteers, and 11 different aid stations out there taken care of different groups around town, most of them nonprofits,” he said. “We donate all of our proceeds back to those groups every year and we’re over $200,000 in donations.”
Nickels said the economic impact of the HFM Maritime Marathon is estimated at over $100,000 as many of the runners stay in the lakeshore area all weekend.
While HFM/Froedtert is the main sponsor, Nicolet Bank is the presenting sponsor.
