Country Music Marathon

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 some of Nashville's other marathons, e.g. Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey Marathon, Greenway Marathon, and Nashville 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 Bogachova (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
13th	2012	Ryan James (USA)	2:32:47	Erin Sutton (USA)	2:54:16
14th	2013	Scott Wietecha (USA)	2:22:41	Jill Horst (USA)	2:57:52

References

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

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