Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN) - Runners handled the heat as the Buffalo Marathon returned from a COVID pandemic break Sunday.
The overall male marathon runner, Peter Rindfuss of Hamburg, completed the course in 2:31:12 while the first female runner to cross the line was Lindsay Piraino of Rochester with a time of 3:10:57.
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Support for the runners was strong as they headed north on Delaware to Gates Circle and head left toward the Elmwood Village, through the West side, and around the Buffalo waterfront, up Delaware to Delaware Park and North Buffalo, over to Richmond Ave and back to Delaware, finishing at the Buffalo Convention Center.
The race was put on hold last year due to COVID and it was feared the race would be fully virtual this year before the COVID emergency was declared over.
The race raises money for Kaleida Health cardiac programs and for Buffalo General and the Gates Vascular Institution.
