2008 Long Island Marathon

May 4, 2008

Dan McGrath, Jessica Allen top finishers in LI Marathon

Amid all the running, galloping, rambling, jogging and perambulating, teacher Jessica Allen of Hampton Bays again was a trailblazer Sunday. For the third time in five years, Allen, 30, won the women's division of the Long Island Marathon in 2:55:21. (The other two years, she finished a mere second.)

May 4, 2008

5,500 run in Long Island Marathon races

With overcast skies holding back the rain that drizzled down in the early morning, nearly 5,500 runners took to the pavement Sunday in the running of the 36th annual Long Island Marathon.