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Name City Country Month* *Last race was held Inception Ref Link Adirondack Marathon: Schroon, New York United States September: 1997: Akron Marathon: Akron, Ohio United States ...
The Kansas City Marathon is a 26.2-mile (42.2 km) race run the 3rd Saturday of every October in Kansas City, Missouri, United States, first held in 1979. It is the second largest marathon in Missouri, with 1227 finishers in 2019. [1] An official time from the Kansas City Marathon can be used to qualify for the Boston Marathon.
A half marathon is a road running event of 21.0975 kilometres (13 miles 192.5 yards)—half the distance of a marathon. [1] It is common for a half marathon event to be held concurrently with a marathon or a 5K race, using almost the same course with a late start, an early finish, or shortcuts. [2]
World Athletics Label Road Races are races that World Athletics (until 2019: IAAF) designates as the "leading road races around the world." [1] The classification was first introduced for the 2008 running season, upon the suggestion of the IAAF Road Running Commission. [2] The races are split into three categories: marathons, half marathons and
In 2008, the Competitor Group took over Elite Racing, the company that had been organizing the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon. The following year, 2009, an internal audit revealed that the charity in whose name the race had been run, Elite Racing Foundation for Children, Education & Medical Research, had been improperly commingling funds with the for-profit Elite Racing.
The competition was launched as the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 1992 and held annually until 2010. [1] It was renamed the IAAF World Road Running Championships in 2006 and reduced in distance to a 20K run, but reverted to the half marathon distance the following year and to the original competition name the year after that. The ...
Downtown is Kansas City's historic center, located entirely within Kansas City, Missouri, and contains the city's original town site, business districts, and residential neighborhoods. Downtown is bounded by the Missouri River on the north, the Missouri-Kansas state line on the west, 31st Street on the south and Woodland Avenue on the east.
The inaugural Fargo Marathon took place on May 14, 2005, [4] [5] and started on the Veterans Memorial Bridge over the Red River between Minnesota and North Dakota. The first year's race weekend offered a 5K on Friday, and a marathon, marathon relay, and a half marathon on Saturday, starting at 8 a.m. [6] Almost 3,000 runners were present for the races, and prize money was offered (including ...