Skunk Cabbage Classic Half Marathon & 10K

Named for the plant species -- and its unmistakably strong smell -- that appears around the half-way point in the half-marathon portion of this Ithaca race event, the Skunk Cabbage Classic Half Marathon & 10K attract more than 400 runners to both races in this upstate New York town, which is also the home of Cornell University. The out-and-back loop race -- both the half and the 10K share the same starting and finish lines -- starts on Tower Road near the Cornell campus, and follows a mostly eastward route along the first half of the course.