The ADK Marathon and Schroon Lake: What A Match

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The following story was submitted by Mark Granger, President, Schroon Lake Association. We couldn't have said it better ourselves.

 ADIRONDACK MARATHON COMMUNITY SPIRIT- IF WE COULD ONLY BOTTLE IT!

I am writing this in the afterglow of the 18th Adirondack Distance Festival and my first experience with this amazing Schroon Lake institution. As a life-long trial lawyer I have always been “somewhere else” and not in our town for this amazing event. This year I dropped right into the middle of it as the Director of Public Safety.

“The Marathon” was an amazing collection of moving parts. Three towns (Chester, Schroon, Horicon), two counties (Warren and Essex), four police groups (Essex and Warren Sheriffs, State Police Troops B and G) and eight ambulance companies (from E-town south to Bolton Landing) all worked together like a well-oiled machine. Cheerleaders came from multiple schools. Hundreds of volunteers went where they were supposed to and did their jobs. Spectators stood with water, cowbells and horns along the roads. Roads were closed from 9 am to nearly 3 pm without incident. AND EVERYONE HAD A GREAT TIME!

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