Full slate of events during 21st Lake Tahoe Marathon

The kickoff events are now in the record books, and racers are now preparing for the rest of Lake Tahoe Marathon week to get started.

Saturday, October 8

7:00 a.m. - Cal-Neva Marathon, race from Sand Harbor to Homewood

9:00 a.m. - Carnelian Bay Half Marathon, race from Carnelian Bay to Homewood
9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. - Tahoe Sport & Fitness Expo at Lake Tahoe Resort Hotel
9:00 p.m. - The Midnight Express 72 Mile Ultra - Round trip race around the lake starting at Lakeside Beach in South Lake Tahoe

Sunday, October 9
6:50 a.m. - Highway 89 closes near Spring Creek Road to northbound traffic. May stay closed until noon.
7:00 a.m. - Marathon Walkers Start, Homewood to Lakeside Beach, SLT
8:00 a.m. - Lake Tahoe Marathon - Homewood to Lakeside Beach, SLT
8:00 a.m. - 16.6-Miler - Bliss State Park to Lakeside Beach, SLT
8:20 a.m. - The Edgewood Tahoe 10K - Looped course through Edgewood Tahoe, starts at Lakeside Beach, SLT
8:30 a.m. - The Super Hero 5K Pumpkin Run - Costumed runners through Edgewood Tahoe,starts at The Landing, SLT
9:30 a.m. - Optimist Kids Pumpkin Runs - Ages 1-10, races at Lakeside Beach
10:00 a.m. - Emerald Bay Half Marathon - Emerald Bay to Lakeside Beach
11:15 a.m. - 10K awards at Lakeside Beach
Noon - Half Marathon awards at Lakeside Beach
1:00 p.m. - Marathon awards at Lakeside Beach
When finished - Ultra, Triple awards
3:00 p.m. - All races should be finished

The man behind the race is Les Wright, long time South Lake Tahoe local. It is tough to find time to talk to Les these days. He is working 18 hour days and the time left for rest finds his mind full of marathon details, planning and organizing.

Wright, who taught physical education for 30 years, created the Lake Tahoe Marathon for 4 main reasons: It is 26 miles from Tahoe City to South Lake Tahoe (the length of a marathon), he thought it’d be a great event for the community, he thought it would be a great event for runners and he found he could keep his mind active and continue being engaged with people by coordinating the event. Today, he finds all 4 reasons still true today.