Race Director Sandra Dickin adds a couple feet to her height for the final race instructions (TM)

Marathoners listen to those instructions and are ready to go (TM)

And here they come! (SP)

St. Francis Xavier School volunteers at aid station 1 (TM)

Mile 3 - Bill Newsham and Robert Demers have a 15 second lead (SE)

Mile 3 - Two chase packs have formed, with the second being led by the first woman (SE)

Mile 3 - GMAA'er Newton Baker on his way to completing a record 25th Green Mountain Marathon (SP)

Thousands of Canada Geese migrate along Lake Champlain each year.
This bunch takes a break in their flight to watch the race. (SE)

Mile 9 - Bill Newsham has struck out on his own and built a sizable lead on the chase pack (TM)

Mile 9 - First woman Myriam Grenon is a model of concentration
note her desired splits written on her bib! (TM)

Mile 9 - Second woman Abigail Beattie (TM)

Mile 9 - Third woman Mollie Coseno (TM)

Mile 9 - Jenny Chow runs as the sun lights up Cumberland Head, NY (SP)

Mile 9 - Penn Stater Erin Newcomb (SP)

Mile 9 - GMAA secretary Kelly Wilson (SP)

Mile 10 - pair of small islands just west of Grand Isle (SE)

Mile 10 - Bill Newsham (1:05:09) with a smaller lead (SE)

Mile 10 - 945 GMAA'er Mike Early and 904 Gavin Boyles (1:05:37) 
have broken away from the chase to close in on Bill
Tom Hedstrom (1:06:12) was in 4th with Carl Leonard and Richard Gallagher (1:06:24) in 5th. (SE)

Mile 10 - Myriam Grenon (1:07:26) has a sizable lead (SE)

Mile 10 - Abigail Beattie(1:08:58) with GMAA'ers Barry Gruessner and Bret Sarnquist (SE)

Mile 10 - Mollie  Coseno (1:14:27) in 3rd (SE)

Mile 10 - 947 Kay Evans (1:16:23) in 4th with 204 Patrizia Tomarelli (1:16:25) in 5th.
Threesome of 176 Sarah Schlein, 129 Gretchen Miller, and 143 Carol O'Hear at 1:16:27. (SE)

Mile 12.9 - Gavin and Mike caught Bill and they ran together for miles 12-15 (EB)

Mile 12.9 - GMAA runners Courtney Kutler (259), Shari Bashaw (898), Dave Hammond (978) (EB)

Mile 12.9 - GMAA member Dot Helling (983) went on to win the women's senior age group
She spent the summer on the Blue Planet Run team that ran 15,200 miles around the world. (EB)

Mile 12.9 - GMAA runner Sherry Ricker in her bid to become the first woman ever to finish every GMAA race in a single year - 10 down 1 to go! (Turkey Trot 5K) (EB)

Mile 12.9 - GMAA runner Todd Archambeault enjoys the "cool" Vermont weather
just two weeks after the infamous high heat Chicago Marathon (EB)

GMAA senior runners and frequent GMM participants:
Vic Tirrito (203), Dave Fields (951), Charlie Windisch (260) (EB)

Mile 12.9 Mother-daughter pair Judith and Hannah Burton pass Newton Baker (EB)

Half Marathon volunteers Bob Ayers and Steve Eustis cross check the runners' data (EB)

Mile 20 - GMAA'er Josh Brown is moving his way up the field, eventually finishing second (SP)

Mile 20 - Justin Thibault is also moving up and eventually finished 5th (SP)

Mile 20 - GMAA'er Gretchen Miller and Sarah Schlein work together while sharing 4th place (SP)