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More than 1,000 runners get preview of Pittsburgh Marathon Weekend

By Patrick Damp

April 16, 2023 / 8:03 AM EDT / CBS Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh Marathon preview weekend

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Runners are getting closer and closer to the big day - the Pittsburgh Marathon!

On Saturday, more than a thousand runners got a preview of what their course will look like on race day.

The preview was available for all of it - three miles, 11 miles, or the entire 20-mile course.

Members of local run clubs helped pace the Saturday morning training run as a last-minute preparation for the race.

In just three weeks, Pittsburgh Marathon Weekend begins, running from May 5 through May 7.

Pittsburgh Marathon

Patrick Damp

Patrick Damp is a web producer for CBS Pittsburgh. A Pittsburgh native who grew up watching KDKA-TV, Patrick studied journalism at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. After half a decade in sports communication, Patrick decided to pursue his dream of working in journalism in his hometown and joined the CBS Pittsburgh team in 2019.