{"id":470,"date":"2016-10-30T19:04:37","date_gmt":"2016-10-30T23:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wiltwyck.info\/classic\/?p=470"},"modified":"2016-11-07T11:33:41","modified_gmt":"2016-11-07T16:33:41","slug":"changes-afoot-for-2017-kingston-classic-daily-freeman-article","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kiwaniskingstonclassic.com\/changes-afoot-for-2017-kingston-classic-daily-freeman-article\/","title":{"rendered":"Changes afoot for 2017 Kingston Classic ~ Daily Freeman Article"},"content":{"rendered":"
Eric Houghtaling | October 30, 2016 | Daily Freeman<\/em><\/p>\n “With slightly less than six months to the 2017 Kingston Classic, organizers announced major changes this week for the 35th edition of the popular local race.<\/p>\n First off, Kiwanis Club of Kingston, which revived the Classic in 2013, parted ways with HITS Running and will be the sole organizing body of the race.<\/p>\n Secondly, Kiwanis also recently announced that the marathon and half-marathon races will be discontinued, with only the Classic\u2019s original distance of 10 kilometers and an accompanying 2-mile run offered this year.<\/p>\n And lastly, organizers are in the final stages of charting a new course which will carry runners through the Rondout district of Kingston and into the town of Esopus.”<\/p>\n