Photos: Runners take to the streets for the Pittsburgh Marathon

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Photos: Runners take to the streets for the Pittsburgh Marathon

Tribune-Review | Sunday, May 6, 2018 7:45 p.m.

Nate Smallwood | Tribune-Review

John Platt, 43, works out with trainer, Jeremy McCullough, during a physical therapy session at AHN Sports Performance in Bethel Park on April 26, 2018.

Thousands of runners took to the streets on Sunday morning for the Dick's Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon.

Runners competed in the 13.1-mile half-marathon or the 26.2-mile full distance, while thousands of others turned out to cheer them on.

Tribune-Review photographers Dan Speicher and Shane Dunlap were on the course all morning.

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