Nissan Buffalo Marathon by Shirley

Nissan Buffalo Marathon

Buffalo, New York

http://www.buffalomarathon.com

John Beishline, Race Director

716-694-5154

Race held on Sunday, end of May
The Nissan Buffalo Marathon is a race with a wonderful course and nice weather, a great way to enjoy the Memorial Day weekend. In 2004, there were about 700 marathoners. In addition to the marathon, there is also a half marathon event. The full marathon starts in downtown Buffalo by the race hotel at 7:30 am. Half marathoners take a free bus provided by the race organizers to their start line located at the halfway point of the full marathon course and start at 8:15 am. The time limit for the full marathon is 5 ½ hours. Race chips were provided but only the finish time was recorded. The race also had a wheelchair race division.

Course and Weather Conditions

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The race website says average low temperature is 52 F and average high temperature is 71F. In 2004, the weather in Buffalo was a little cooler at the start, more like mid-40’s, but it warmed up to about 70 degrees by noon and the shade provided by trees and buildings was welcomed by runners.

Support

Aid stations with water and sports drinks were located about 2 miles apart starting at mile 3, a little late for most but runners knew that ahead of time. I thought the volunteers manning the aid stations did a great job both handling out fluids and cheering runners on, but I heard from other slower runners (5+ hour finishers) that some had abandoned their stations, which is not good. For a good sized city, the crowd support was surprisingly small. Only small pockets of spectators were along the course. Most of the spectators were congregated at the finish line but still not what one would expect for a city of Buffalo’s size.

Bathrooms were conveniently located in the race hotel near where the race started and finished. Port-a-potties were also located around the 10K and 20K points. The course and mile markers were clearly marked with plenty of course marshals and police on hand to help direct runners and control traffic.

Other

The only thing I didn’t like about this race was the fact that there was no food at the finish line, only fluids. The post-race food was located a short walk away in the convention center where the awards ceremony was to be held, but not where I was heading after my race. The race cost, which included the pasta dinner, is one of the lowest around. The expo was good for a race of its size. Runners received an average looking short-sleeved cotton T-shirt and medal. Of special note, the race director was kind enough to mail trophies to those who could not attend the ceremony after the race free of charge. First-time visitors to the area should take a day to explore Niagara Falls, which is less than an hour’s drive from Buffalo.

 

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About Jerry Schaver

Personal History of Jerry Group Director of the 50 and DC Marathon Group from 2002 to 2011 Jerry was born and raised in a small community in Albany, Illinois along the muddy Mississippi river. Jerry still resides in Albany today. He is the youngest son of three boys. He graduated from Fulton High school in 1977. He has one daughter, Nichole and grandsons, Hunter and Nolan. Jerry works for Alcoa Mill Products in Bettendorf, Iowa. Jerry also does volunteer work for the Special Olympics, YWCA, and local races in the community. His life lessons were learned from his grandfather on how to be compassionate with others and to make life simple. Jerry enjoys many hobbies. Hiking in the woods, enjoying the nature and wildlife, or viewing the mountains, and maybe climbing a few too! Motorcycle riding has became his new passion, along with bicycle riding. Jerry bikes either to help recover from injuries, or for an alternative to training. Recently he has got his grandson involved in bike riding with a trail along bike. The two of them enjoy riding on the local bike path. Weight-lifting is an important hobby but also a great tool for marathon training. Jerry was a heavy smoker and overweight when he decided to take up running to get back into shape in 1994. He first tried out small races but went on to do his first marathon in 1995 in Chicago. He had no experience and no one to give him advice and learned that day he had a lot to learn yet. Jerry became determined that running marathons was something he wanted to continue to do. Jerry became a member of the 50 and DC Marathon Group in 1999 after completing 20 states as in the old rules. After being in the group a few years he felt there was a need to have a website to help with the growing number of members. Jerry with the help of his web-designer friend Bob developed a website for the group in 2001. He also is the web host of the website, taking care of all the members’ stats and etc. Jerry was the Group Director of the 50 and DC Marathon Group since December 1, 2002. Through his travels on marathons, he has developed many friendships around the world. Jerry has traveled twice to Cuba with World T.E.A.M. Sports to run marathons, but the main goal of the trips was to help the disabled Cuban athletes with hand-cycles and medical injury prevention. His compassion for helping the disabled has enabled him to help them with their goals of doing marathons by allowing them to join the 50 and DC Group under special rules. Long term goals for Jerry include running marathons in Russia and Ireland. And hopefully in the future have his two grandsons by his side running a marathon with him. Jerry lives by his motto of “I can, I will, I’ll try, I do.”