Marathoners Enjoy Whale-Spotting During Bay of Fundy International Marathon

More than 400 runners enjoyed perfect weather  – and some whale-watching – for the first edition of the Bay of Fundy International Marathon on Sunday, a cross-border race that begins in Maine, runs to New Brunswick and then doubles back for the finish in Maine.

New Yorker Will Guzick won the men’s race in 2:50:51 and local runner Sarah Mulcahy took the women’s title in 3:16:22.

Runners began at a scenic lighthouse in the town of Lubec, Maine and headed across the Canadian border to a lighthouse at the tip of Campobello, New Brunswick, before returning across the FDR Memorial Bridge to the finish line at the Lubec waterfront.

“It’s a tough course,” second-place finisher Justin Leach of Birmingham, Alabama told the Bangor Daily News. “I haven’t run anything tougher.”

But the sights along the course more than made up for the challenging hills, runners said. Many of the participants reported spotting whales near the Head Harbour Lighthouse where they turned back toward Lubec.

The event also included a 10K race within Lubec.