Rock 'n' Roll San Diego Marathon
The Rock 'n' Roll San Diego Marathon is an annual marathon foot-race held in San Diego, California. It was established in 1998 and has been run every year since. It is the original race in the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon Series of marathons and half-marathons managed by Competitor Group, Inc. and held around the country. A half marathon race over 21.0975 kilometres (13.1094 mi) was added to supplement the established full marathon race from the 2010 edition onwards.[1]
The marathon originally commenced at 6th Avenue at Palm and concluded at Parade Deck in Marine Corps Recruit Depot. Starting in 2010 a new course was defined which ends at Sea World San Diego instead.[2] Runners have seven hours in which to complete the marathon. There is also a half-marathon over portions of the same course, and a four-person relay option.[1] Since its inception, the marathon claims to have raised in excess of $100 million for charities (but see below). The 2006 marathon had 21,159 participants—17,339 of whom successfully finished the race.
Foundation controversy
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. It further found that the foundation was being operated "in many instances for the benefit of the for-profit,” and that the charity's role in hosting the races had been overstated. As a result, the race had benefited improperly from hundreds of thousands of dollars in public subsidies and grants. In announcing the results of the audit, Competitor said it would return $190,500 to San Diego County and $152,544 to the city of San Diego, spend the remaining foundation funds on health and wellness causes, file amended tax returns, and dissolve the foundation.[3][4] Competitor Group made the final payments in October 2009. Altogether the company returned $344,176 to the city and county.[5]
Marathon winners
Key: Course record
| Edition |
Year |
Men's winner |
Country |
Time (h:m:s) |
Women's winner |
Country |
Time (h:m:s) |
| 14th |
June 5, 2011 |
Terfa Negari |
Ethiopia |
2:11:18 |
Bizunesh Deba |
Ethiopia |
2:23:31 |
| 13th |
June 6, 2010 |
Richard Limo |
Kenya |
2:09:56 |
Yulia Gromova |
Russia |
2:27:38 |
| 12th |
May 31, 2009 |
Khalid El Boumlili |
Morocco |
2:11:16 |
Yulia Gromova |
Russia |
2:27:37 |
| 11th |
June 1, 2008 |
Simon Wangai |
Kenya |
2:10:07 |
Yulia Gromova |
Russia |
2:28:23 |
| 10th |
June 3, 2007 |
Daniel Yego |
Kenya |
2:09:04 |
Hellen Jemaiyo Kimutai |
Kenya |
2:32:40 |
| 9th |
June 4, 2006 |
Ambesse Tolosa |
Ethiopia |
2:10:08 |
Alice Chelangat |
Kenya |
2:28:21 |
| 8th |
June 5, 2005 |
Christopher Cheboiboch |
Kenya |
2:09:17 |
Gete Wami |
Ethiopia |
2:30:55 |
| 7th |
June 6, 2004 |
Joseph Ngolepus |
Kenya |
2:11:04 |
Tatyana Titova |
Russia |
2:29:36 |
| 6th |
June 1, 2003 |
Osoro Ondoro |
Kenya |
2:09:38 |
Irina Bogachova |
Kyrgyzstan |
2:29:52 |
| 5th |
June 2, 2002 |
Sammy Korir |
Kenya |
2:09:02 |
Alice Chelangat |
Kenya |
2:29:57 |
| 4th |
June 3, 2001 |
John Kagwe |
Kenya |
2:10:07 |
Margaret Okayo |
Kenya |
2:25:05 |
| 3rd |
June 4, 2000 |
Wolashe Belay |
Ethiopia |
2:12:45 |
Margaret Okayo |
Kenya |
2:27:05 |
| 2nd |
May 23, 1999 |
Philip Tarus |
Kenya |
2:08:33 |
Irina Bogachova |
Kyrgyzstan |
2:28:46 |
| 1st |
June 21, 1998 |
Philip Tarus |
Kenya |
2:10:42 |
Nadezhda Ilyina |
Russia |
2:34:17 |
Half marathon
References
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