Talk:Med City Marathon

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Course changes

The article has this:

The course has changed several times through the years. Up until 2019, the marathon course started runners in Byron, Minnesota.

That isn't true. The original Med-City course started and ended in Rochester. I don't know when it was changed to start in Byron, but I think it was around 2007. SlowJog (talk) 22:02, 6 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Management changes

The error about course changes has been corrected in the body, but remains in the lede. Also, the Rochester Family Y wasn't exactly the major sponsor -- The Family Y was the the managing organization, as well as the presenter. (The presenter is the major sponsor.)

When Med-City Marathon began in 1996, Wally and Peg Arnold were the race directors. After 2006, they wished to retire, and the Family Y took over race management in 2007, the same year the starting line was moved to Byron. A few (how many?) years later, the Y decided they no longer wanted to handle race management. In order to prevent Med-City Marathon from coming to an end, Wally and Peg Arnold returned as race directors. SlowJog (talk) 12:26, 8 July 2020 (UTC) (I am not a reliable source)[reply]

Yes, good catch. I'll make some changes. Keep the input coming (or go ahead and make some changes)! We are missing one age there on the earliest race. Do you have any resources to find that news report of the first marathon? Comm260 ncu (talk) 17:07, 8 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

There would be information in the Rochester Public Library. Unfortunately, I'll have to wait a while before I look for it. Microfilm there is temporarily unavailable because of the pandemic. SlowJog (talk) 01:43, 16 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yep—I could do a interlibrary request, but those are tricky when you don't know the name of the article (or when it appeared). Great edit on the bullet point! I didn't know that trick.Comm260 ncu (talk) 20:12, 16 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]