Thanks to seeing the thread on the Hog-tie, I am pondering riding my bike from there up to Ohio in late September for the AF marathon (21 Sept), and can't remember when the real cold weather rolls in. I remember it getting snowy by about late Oct / early Nov, but I may be wrong.
(I used to head over to Lancaster every couple months when I lived in Upstate NY)
Ignoring the intelligence of running a marathon 1,200 miles away from home, and planning on riding back after a few days, what about the weather considerations?
(My first/only marathon I ran I spent several hours sleeping besides my bike in the parking lot before I could swing a leg over the *censored* beast and have a hope of not either dropping it, and having the strength to push on the bars.)