The expo, held at the Byron Recreation Complex, gives runners an opportunity to pick up their race packets, connect with fellow participants and prepare for the marathon.<\/p>\n
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Members of the Naval Academy’s marathon team were among those getting ready for the race.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe weather looks good for tomorrow, other than the rain that’s coming in obviously, but we’re all really excited to run,\u201d said Archer Grenier of the Naval Academy Marathon Team. \u201cA lot of really good builds. A lot of time on feet. Miles in preparation, and yeah, we’re really excited to get after it tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n
For teammate Emilee Natiola, the excitement comes with the familiar nerves of preparing for another marathon. She said she previously ran the Harrisburg Marathon in Pennsylvania and the Boston Marathon last year.<\/p>\n
\u201cGoing into my third marathon, I still have, like, the butterflies and I don’t know what to expect or to come out, but I think that’s like the beauty of marathons,\u201d Natiola said.<\/p>\n
Assistant Race Director Jim Cummings said registration is up by more than 300 runners this year, bringing the total to nearly 1,400 participants.<\/p>\n
The Steamtown Marathon is a Boston Marathon qualifier and is certified by USA Track & Field. Cummings said the course attracts runners hoping to earn a qualifying time for one of the country’s most prominent races.<\/p>\n
\u201cTypically about 25% of all the finishers post a time fast enough to qualify for Boston,\u201d Cummings said.<\/p>\n
Race Expo Coordinator Frank Karluck said the expo continues to grow alongside the marathon. He hopes to expand the event next year by increasing the number of vendors and creating a more energetic atmosphere for participants.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo the goal next year, if I get my ways, we’re going to expand by a third and have that many more vendors here for next year, and make it more of an energetic day, and get everybody pumped up for the race like a pep rally before a football game,\u201d Karluck said.<\/p>\n
Drivers should expect road closures and traffic delays Sunday morning as runners take to the streets of Scranton for the marathon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nearly 1,400 people will be participating in this year’s Steamtown Marathon. SCRANTON, Pa. \u2014 Runners are gearing up…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":304243,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-304242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/304243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}