Already the master of the Kenosha 10-kilometer race, Andy Ruffalo added a little distance to his local dominance Saturday.

Running in his first marathon in Wisconsin, the Tremper graduate won the Wisconsin Marathon.

Ruffalo, 30, easily topped the field of 766 in the 26.2-mile race in 2 hours, 39 minutes, 14 seconds for his first career marathon victory.

Waukesha’s Nick Seiske, 29, finished second with a time of 2:44:06.

Catherine Karam was the first female finisher. The 31-year-old Chicagoan completed the course in 3:26:16.

The second annual Wisconsin Marathon started at the lakefront near the Civil War Museum and stretched from Carthage College to the Prairie Harbor Yacht Club and through some residential neighborhoods.

Ruffalo, a veteran of the Boston Marathon, said his training for this event consisted of four months of pace and three weeks of tapering. He said he ran about 70 miles per week for four months leading up to the race.

Success in Kenosha has been plentiful for Ruffalo, a 2008 inductee into the Kenosha Public Schools Hall of Fame. He has dominated the summer Firecracker Run/Walk with five consecutive 10-K victories. Ruffalo has also triumphed in the Turkey Day Run.

Half marathon

Kenosha’s Val Hubbard was the female winner in the half marathon.

The 24-year-old took eighth overall in the field of 1,945 in 1:23:59.

Courtney Susedik of South Milwaukee was second in 1:29:34.

Brice Young was the overall winner. The 24-year-old from Boulder, Colo., finished in 1:13:17.

Chicago’s Anton Sella, 26 was second in 1:16:13.

David Marran and Kevin Poirier