Rock 'n' Roll Las Vegas Marathon

Rock 'n' Roll Las Vegas Marathon
Date December
Location Las Vegas, Nevada
Event type Road
Distance Marathon and half marathon
Established 1967
Official site Website

The Rock 'n' Roll Las Vegas Marathon & 1/2 Marathon is an annual marathon foot-race run in and around Las Vegas, Nevada. The 42.195-kilometre (26.219 mi) race is one of the oldest marathons in the United States, having been run since 1967.[1]

The course from 1967-2004 was completely in Clark County, with its start point in Jean and its finish point at Sunset Park. Al Boka ran the marathon since 1983, until he sold the marathon in 2005 to Devine Racing, a Chicago-based race organization company that is responsible for several other races, including the Los Angeles Marathon. Additionally in 2005, the date of the marathon was changed from January to December which offered better weather and the race was moved from Clark County to the city of Las Vegas.[2]

The course between 2005 and 2008 began at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino - North on Las Vegas Boulevard. It headed west on the Fremont Street Experience, north on Main Street, then south on Grand Central Parkway. After going west on Alta Drive it turned north on Martin Luther King Boulevard. Looping back in a south-westerly direction it passed Carey Avenue/Smoke Ranch Road, Torey Pines Drive, Twain Avenue, then Redwood Street. Completing the circuit, it went east on Viking Road, north on El Camino Road, east again on Twain Avenue then south onto Frank Sinatra Drive. The final section went past Russell Road before reaching at Mandalay Bay parking lot for the finish.[3]

In 2009, the race was acquired from Devine Racing by the Competitor Group, Inc. and incorporated into its Rock 'n' Roll Marathon Series and the course was changed for a second time. The full marathon parallels Las Vegas Boulevard before heading west on Spring Mountain Road. A half marathon, run entirely on Las Vegas Boulevard, was also introduced at this point.[4]

Winners

      Course record

Year Men's winner Time (h:m:s) Women's winner Time (h:m:s)
2011[5]  Peter Omae (KEN) 2:29:12  Zsofia Erdelyi (HUN) 2:48:58
2010[6]  Josh Cox (USA) 2:25:05  Dorota Gruca (POL) 2:44:36
2009[7]  Christopher Toroitich (KEN) 2:15:15  Caroline Rotich (KEN) 2:29:47
2008[8]  Abebe Yimer (ETH) 2:27:27  Tuptova Nadezhda (RUS) 2:48:20
2007[9]  Christopher Cheboibich (KEN) 2:16:49  Sylvia Skvortsova (RUS) 2:29:01
2006  Joseph Kahugo (KEN) 2:16:19  Jemima Jelagat (KEN) 2:35:12
2005 (Dec)  Stephen Kiogora (KEN) 2:11:56  Adriana Fernandez (MEX) 2:31:54
2005 (Jan)  Gilbert Koech (KEN) 2:13:45  Olga Kovpotina (RUS) 2:31:54
2004  Kevin Herd (USA) 2:28:13  Kari Anne Bertrand (USA) 2:45:46
2003  David Bronfenbrenner (USA) 2:33:34  Linda Huyck (USA) 2:57:48
2002  Abebe Yimer (ETH) 2:18:49  Midori Sperandeo (USA) 2:41:52
2001  Mike Dudley (USA) 2:18:13  Irina Kazakova (FRA) 2:41:56
2000  Rob Reeder (USA) 2:17:15  Joanna Gront (POL) 2:36:00
1999  Zoltan Holba (HUN) 2:16:42  Elena Vinitskaya (BLR) 2:32:43
1998  Zoltan Holba (HUN) 2:14:15  Joanna Gront (POL) 2:43:32

References

  1. ^ a b Leydig, Jack & Milroy, Andy (2011-12-05). Las Vegas Marathon. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2011-12-07.
  2. ^ Las Vegas Marathon KLAS TV, Las Vegas, October 31, 2005
  3. ^ In Depth: New Las Vegas Marathon: A Change of Course Las Vegas Review-Journal, November 27, 2005
  4. ^ "Course Information". Competitor Group Inc.. http://las-vegas.competitor.com/event-info/course/. Retrieved 2009-06-10. 
  5. ^ December 2011 AIMS Results. AIMS. Retrieved on 2011-12-07.
  6. ^ "Rock ‘n’ Roll Las Vegas Marathon 2010 Results". http://runinfinity.com/results/las-vegas-marathon-results. Retrieved 2011-06-16. 
  7. ^ "2009 Race Results". 2009-12-06. http://results.active.com/pages/searchform.jsp?rsID=88228. Retrieved 2009-12-19. 
  8. ^ "2008 Race Results". 2009-01-07. http://results.active.com/pages/searchform.jsp#hot_links. Retrieved 2009-06-10. 
  9. ^ "2007 Race Results". 2008-12-18. http://results.active.com/pages/searchform.jsp?rsID=50502. Retrieved 2009-06-10. 
List of winners

External links