Houston Marathon

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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. The 2014 edition included a 5K event run Saturday, January 18th and the marathon and half marathon run on Sunday, January 19th. The 5K event had close to 5,000 runners while the marathon and half marathon had nearly 13,000 runners each. The races bring crowds of nearly one half million to view the runners. 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. The 2012 U.S Olympic Marathon Trials for both men and women were held the Saturday prior to the Sunday races. ^[2]

George W. Bush ran in the Houston Marathon at age 46 in 1993, finishing with the time of 3 hours, 44 minutes, 52 seconds.^[3]

The current corporate sponsor of the marathon is Chevron Corporation. Aramco sponsors the half marathon and ABB sponsors the concurrent 5K run. The event supports many charities, including CanCare, Texas Children's Hospital, and Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

Course

The fast and flat course starts in the downtown area near 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 25,000 entries is enforced, divided evenly between the full and half marathons.

The course was changed for 2014. Changes included starting on Congress St. downtown, eliminating a section of the course through the Heights, and adding 2 miles along Kirby Dr.^[4]

List of winners

Key: Course record • ^† = Time was a record mark for the state of Texas.

Marathon

Edition	Year	Men's winner	Time (h:m:s)	Women's winner	Time (h:m:s)
42nd	January 19, 2014	Bazu Worku (ETH)	2:07:32	Abebech Bekele (ETH)	2:25:52
41st	January 13, 2013	Bazu Worku (ETH)	2:10:17	Merima Mohammed (ETH)	2:23:37
40th	January 15, 2012	Tariku Jufar (ETH)	2:06:51^†	Alemitu Abera (ETH)	2:23:14^†
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 (NZL)	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

Half marathon

Key: Course record

Year	Men's winner	Time (h:m:s)	Women's winner	Time (h:m:s)
2014	Meb Keflezighi (USA)	1:01:23	Serena Burla (USA)	1:10:48
2013	Feyisa Lelisa (ETH)	1:01:54	Mamitu Daska (ETH)	1:09:53
2012	Feyisa Lelisa (ETH)	59:22	Belaynesh Oljira (ETH)	1:08:26
2011	Jeffrey Eggleston (USA)	1:08:26	Colleen De Reuck (USA)	1:16:19
2010	Antonio Vega (USA)	1:01:54	Shalane Flanagan (USA)	1:09:41
2009	Mebrahtom Keflezighi (USA)	1:01:25	Magdalena Lewy-Boulet (USA)	1:11:47
2008	James Carney (USA)	1:02:21	Kate O'Neill (USA)	1:11:57
2007	Ryan Hall (USA)	059:43	Elva Dryer (USA)	1:11:42
2006	Nicodemus Malakwen (KEN)	1:02:07	Asmae Leghzaoui (MAR)	1:11:53
2005	Julius Kibet Kosgei (KEN)	1:03:17	Olga Romanova (RUS)	1:12:36
2004	Gilbert Cheruiyot Koech (KEN)	1:03:08	Colleen De Reuck (USA)	1:10:55
2003	Scott Strand (USA)	1:05:13	Beth Old (USA)	1:17:03
2002	Justin Chaston (USA)	1:08:42	Christy Nielsen-Crotta (USA)	1:21:37

References

↑ "Houston Marathon detours to Fallujah". Houston Chronicle. January 15, 2007. Retrieved 2007-02-28.
↑ "Our History". Houston Marathon. Retrieved 2007-02-28.
↑ "Stars Who've Run Marathons". That's fit. Retrieved 2010-05-09.
↑ http://www.chron.com/sports/article/Houston-Marathon-changes-course-for-2014-4593852.php

Lists of winners

Houston Marathon – Open Winners: 1972-2010. Houston Marathon. Retrieved on 2012-01-16.
Houston Half Marathon – Race Winners: 2002-2010. Houston Marathon. Retrieved on 2012-01-16.
Houston Marathon. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2012-01-16.

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