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Houston Marathon 
Date Second Sunday in January Location Houston, Texas Event type Road Distance Marathon Official site chevronhoustonmarathon.com The Houston Marathon is an annual marathon held every January in Houston, Texas. With thousands of runners and spectators, it is the largest single day sporting event in the city. It is run concurrently with a half marathon and a 5 km race. The 2007 race included the first-ever satellite running of the event, run simultaneously in Fallujah, Iraq.[1]
The first marathon, run on December 30, 1972, featured 113 runners and a crowd of approximately 200 people. Today, as many as 15,000 take part in front of a far larger crowd of 200,000. The 1979 edition of the competition hosted the national marathon championship race for men and women. Houston was selected for the women's Olympic Trials in 1992 and held the USATF women's marathon championship in 1998. The half marathon course hosted the USATF Men's Half Marathon Championship from 2005 to 2008, and also hosted the women's event in 2007 and 2008.[2]
Along with the Dallas White Rock Marathon and the Austin Marathon, the Houston Marathon forms the middle leg of the Marathons of Texas, a series of winter marathons held approximately one month apart from each other from December through February in Texas.[3]
George W. Bush ran in the Houston Marathon at age 46 in 1993, finishing with the time of 3 hours, 44 minutes, 52 seconds.[4]
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Sponsors and charities
The current corporate sponsor of the marathon is Chevron Corporation. Aramco sponsors the half marathon and El Paso Corporation sponsors the concurrent 5K run.
The event supports many charities, including CanCare, Texas Children's Hospital, and Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
Course details
The fast and flat course starts in the downtown area at Minute Maid Park and takes runners past scenic Houston areas and communities—including Houston Heights and Neartown, past Hermann Park and Rice University, over to Uptown, and then through Memorial Park and Allen Parkway, finishing at the George R. Brown Convention Center downtown. The course is USATF certified and is popular with runners seeking to qualify for the Boston Marathon. The race time limit is 6 hours and a limit of 22,000 entries is enforced, divided evenly between the full and half marathons.
Open results
Key: Course record
Edition Year Men's winner Time (h:m:s) Women's winner Time (h:m:s) 39th January 30, 2011 
Bekana Daba (ETH)2:07:04† Mamitu Daska (ETH)2:26:33 38th January 18, 2010 Teshome Gelana (ETH)2:07:37† Teyba Erkesso (ETH)2:23:53† 37th January 18, 2009 Deriba Merga (ETH)2:07:52† Teyba Erkesso (ETH)2:24:15† 36th January 13, 2008 
David Cheruiyot (KEN)2:12:32 Dire Tune (ETH)2:24:40 35th January 14, 2007 Feyisa Tusse (ETH)2:11:39 Dire Tune (ETH)2:26:52 34th January 15, 2006 David Cheruiyot (KEN)2:12:02 
Firiya Sultanova (RUS)2:32:25 33rd January 16, 2005 David Cheruiyot (KEN)2:14:50 
Kelly Keane (USA)2:32:27 32nd January 18, 2004 
Marek Jaroszewski (POL)2:18:51 
Margarita Tapia (MEX)2:28:36 31st January 19, 2003 Sean Wade (USA)2:24:43 Albina Gallyamova (RUS)2:42:37 30th January 20, 2002 Drew Prisner (USA)2:28:43 Becky Sondag (USA)2:50:49 29th January 14 2001 Chris Ciamarra (USA)2:29:27 Stacie Alboucrek (USA)2:43:40 28th January 16, 2000 Stephen Ndungu (KEN)2:11:28 
Tatyana Pozdnyakova (UKR)2:32:25 27th January 17, 1999 Stephen Ndungu (KEN)2:14:56 Tatyana Pozdnyakova (UKR)2:33:23 26th January 18, 1998 Stephen Ndungu (KEN)2:11:23 Gwyn Coogan (USA)2:33:37 25th January 12, 1997 
Ake Eriksson (SWE)2:19:21 
Claudia Dreher (GER)2:36:13 24th January 21, 1996 Tumo Turbo (ETH)2:10:34 Adriana Fernández (MEX)2:31:59 23rd January 15, 1995 
Peter Fonseca (CAN)2:11:52 Tatyana Pozdnyakova (UKR)2:29:57 22nd January 16, 1994 
Colin Moore (ENG)2:13:34 Alevtina Naumova (RUS)2:34:47 21st January 24, 1993 
Frank Bjorkli (NOR)2:13:21 Kristy Johnston (USA)2:29:05 20th January 26, 1992 Filemon Lopez (MEX)2:13:12 Janis Klecker (USA)2:30:12 19th January 20, 1991 Carey Nelson (CAN)2:12:28 Véronique Marot (ENG)2:30:55 18th January 14, 1990 Paul Pilkington (USA)2:11:13 Maria Trujillo (USA)2:32:55 17th January 15, 1989 Richard Kaitany (KEN)2:10:04 Véronique Marot (ENG)2:30:16 16th January 17, 1988 Geir Kvernmo (NOR)2:11:44 Linda Zeman (USA)2:34:52 15th January 18, 1987 
Derrick May (RSA)2:11:51 Bente Moe (NOR)2:32:37 14th January 19, 1986 Paul Cummings (USA)2:11:31 Véronique Marot (ENG)2:31:33 13th January 6, 1985 Marty Froelick (USA)2:11:14 Sylvia Ruegger (CAN)2:28:36 12th January 15, 1984 Charlie Spedding (ENG)2:11:54 Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)2:27:51 11th January 16, 1983 Hailu Ebba (ETH)2:12:17 Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)2:33:27 10th January 24, 1982 Benji Durden (USA)2:11:12 Laurie Binder (USA)2:40:56 9th January 10, 1981 Bill Rodgers (USA)2:12:20 Patti Catalano (USA)2:35:28 8th January 19, 1980 Ron Tabb (USA)2:13:35 Vanessa Vajdos (USA)2:44:45 7th January 20, 1979 Tom Antczak (USA)2:15:28 Sue Petersen (USA)2:46:17 6th January 21, 1978 Ron Tabb (USA)2:17:11 Peggy Kokernot (USA)3:01:54 5th January 22, 1977 Clent Mericle (USA)2:27:46 Dorothy Doolittle (USA)3:00:34 4th January 17, 1976 Jeff Wells (USA)2:17:46 Marsha Johnson (USA)3:37:04 3rd January 18, 1975 Clent Mericle (USA)2:35:00 Dorothy Doolittle (USA)3:31:24 2nd December 29, 1973 Juan Garza (USA)2:37:47 Nancy Laird (USA)4:29:07 1st December 30, 1972 Danny Green (USA)2:32:33 Tanya Trantham (USA)5:11:55 - † = Time was a record mark for the state of Texas.
See also
References
- ^ "Houston Marathon detours to Fallujah". Houston Chronicle. January 15, 2007. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/lopez/4470573.html. Retrieved 2007-02-28.
- ^ "Our History". Houston Marathon. http://www.chevronhoustonmarathon.com/Chevron_Marathon/marhistory1a0b.htm. Retrieved 2007-02-28.
- ^ "Marathons of Texas". Marathons of Texas. http://www.marathonsoftexas.com/. Retrieved 2007-02-28.
- ^ "Stars Who've Run Marathons". That's fit. http://www.thatsfit.com/2009/06/02/stars-whove-run-marathons/. Retrieved 2010-05-09.
External links
Categories:- Marathons in the United States
- Recurring sporting events established in 1972
- Sports in Houston, Texas
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