Country Music Marathon

Country Music Marathon
Date	April
Location	Nashville, TN
Event type	Road
Distance	Marathon and half marathon
Established	2000
Official site	[1]

The Country Music Marathon is located in Nashville, TN. The route begins in Centennial Park and continues along many of Nashville's sights including music row, Belmont University, the State Capitol Building, the Cumberland River, Shelby Park, Shelby Bottoms Greenway, and ends outside LP Field, home of the Tennessee Titans. Many bands and high school cheerleaders entertain runners and walkers and friends, families, and neighbors join in cheering everyone on. The marathon is followed by an evening concert which has previously featured Sara Evans, Phil Vassar, Jo Dee Messina, Brad Paisley, and Lee Roy Parnell among others.

The marathon was first held in April, 2000 when 3230 men 2589 women completed the event. As popularity for the event grew, a half-marathon was added in 2002. This was soon followed by the addition of a kids marathon. The number of participants in the 2008 event exceeded 30,000 total entrants.

Unlike Nashville's other marathon, the Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey Marathon, the Country Music Marathon is a qualifying event for the Boston Marathon.

In April 2008, Team Hooprama hula hooped the Music City Half-Marathon (21.0975 kilometres (13.1094 mi)) to raise awareness for Hooping for Hope.^[1]

Past winners

Key:       Course record

Edition	Year	Men's winner	Time (h:m:s)	Women's winner	Time (h:m:s)
1st	2000	Luke Kibet (KEN)	2:12:55	Lucia Subano (KEN)	2:37:02
2nd	2001	Christopher Cheboibich (KEN)	2:13:27	Aurica Buia (ROM)	2:34:40
3rd	2002	Jackson Chebet (KEN)	2:18:59	Aurica Buia (ROM)	2:35:58
4th	2003	Jomo Kororia (KEN)	2:12:56	Irina Bogacheva (KGZ)	2:28:06
5th	2004	Luke Kibet (KEN)	2:14:11	Anuta Catuna (ROM)	2:33:36
6th	2005	Nephat Kinyanjui (KEN)	2:15:38	Irina Safarova (RUS)	2:33:53
7th	2006	Feyisa Tusse (ETH)	2:15:06	Tatyana Mironova (RUS)	2:36:51
8th	2007	Simon Wangai (KEN)	2:13:52	Olena Shurkhno (UKR)	2:37:52
9th	2008	Sylvester Chebii (KEN)	2:14:27	Svetlana Ponomarenko (RUS)	2:30:33
10th	2009	Amos Matui (KEN)	2:13:41	Tatyana Pushkareva (RUS)	2:36:44
11th	2010	William Najanjo (COL)	2:15:38	Ilsa Paulson (USA)	2:33:39
12th	2011	David Kellum (KEN)	2:17:40	Ruby Milena Riativa (COL)	2:49:59

References

1. ^ Johnson, Bonna. 2008-03-20. "Team creates hoopla about half-marathon", The Tennessean. Transcluded from www.hooprama.com . Retrieved 2008-07-08.

List of winners

• Country Music Marathon & 1/2 Marathon - Nashville, Tennessee Past Race Results. Active. Retrieved on 2011-10-07.

External links

• Country Music Marathon
• Marathon Guide's listing with reviews

Coordinates: 36°09′55″N 86°46′24″W / 36.16528°N 86.77333°W / 36.16528; -86.77333

This article about marathons or long-distance running is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · Categories: Marathons in the United States Half marathons Sports in Tennessee Recurring sporting events established in 2000 Marathon stubs Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу A Throw of Dice Mi Marathi Look at other dictionaries: Country Music Marathon — Der Country Music Marathon ist ein Marathon, der seit 2000 jeweils Ende April in Nashville (USA, Bundesstaat Tennessee) stattfindet. Er wird von der Competitor Group organisiert, die den ursprünglichen Veranstalter Elite Racing 2008 aufgekauft… …   Deutsch Wikipedia Music of New York City — Carnegie Hall, a major music venue in New York The music of New York City is a diverse and important field in the world of music. It has long been a thriving home for jazz, rock and the blues. It is the birthplace of hip hop, Latin freestyle,… …   Wikipedia Music of Austin — The music of Austin, Texas, USA has gone beyond 6th Street and now includes other areas such as Red River, the University of Texas, the Warehouse District and Downtown, South Lamar, South Austin, East Austin and the Market District where bars and …   Wikipedia Marathon Man (film) — Marathon Man Movie poster by Bill Gold Directed by John Schlesinger Produced by …   Wikipedia List of marathon races — This is a worldwide list of marathon runs sorted alphabetically. Full distance ( Ironman ) triathlons also incorporate marathons; some are listed at Ironman triathlon.A*Accra International Marathon *Adirondack Marathon (Schroon Lake, New York)… …   Wikipedia Marathon, Ontario — Marathon   Town   Motto: Built On Paper Laced With Gold! …   Wikipedia Music of Pakistan — Genres Classical Ghazal Sufi Folk Qawwali Pop (Filmi …   Wikipedia Marathon total conversions — This is a partial list of major total conversions and scenarios (story driven sequences of single player levels) which have been created for the computer games Marathon , , and Marathon Infinity , and of original games created for Aleph One (a… …   Wikipedia 1986 in music — See also: * * Events*January 23 The first induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame takes place. The first artists to be honoured are Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Elvis …   Wikipedia Beautiful music — (sometimes abbreviated as BM, or BM / EZ for beautiful music / easy listening ) is a mostly instrumental music format that was prominent in American radio from the 1960s through the 1980s. Mood music , easy listening , and the often derogatory… …   Wikipedia 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”