Naples Half Marathon

The Naples Half Marathon is an annual half marathon road running race held in Naples, Florida since 1989.^[1] The 25th running of the race was held on January 20, 2013, with 2036 runners taking part, including two-time Olympian Anthony Famiglietti, who finished seventh.^[2] The 2014 race saw a repeat victory by Kiprono Kurgat ahead of a crowd of 2412 total runners.^[3]

The race has been called one of the best 27 half-marathons in the United States by Runners World magazine.^[4]

The men's record on the course is held by Rod DeHaven, with a time of 1:03:12, while the women's record is 1:09:57, held by Gebre Belainesh.^[5]

The course starts down 5th Avenue South, then turns south down Gordon Drive for just under 3 miles, then turns around to go north up Gordon Drive for over another mile. Then, the course turns into the Port Royal neighborhood at Kings Town Drive, with a loop down Fort Charles Drive (where the halfway mark is, on the northbound return leg), up Treasure Lane to Galleon Drive, then back out via Treasure Lane to Kings Town, and back north on Gordon. There is a turn onto 8th Avenue South, then the finish is up 8th Street next to Cambier Park.

Winners

      Course record

Year	Date	Men's winner	Time (h:m:s)	Women's winner	Time (h:m:s)
2014	January 19	Kurgat, KipronoKiprono Kurgat (KEN)	1:04:01	Rotich, CarolineCaroline Rotich (KEN)	1:09:57
2013	January 20	Kurgat, KipronoKiprono Kurgat (KEN)	1:03:37	Gebre, BelaineshBelainesh Gebre (ETH)	1:11:54
2012	January 11	Mwei, ReubenReuben Mwei (KEN)	1:04:33	Pezzullo, StephanieStephanie Pezzullo (USA)	1:13:12
2011	January 16	Kurgat, NicholasNicholas Kurgat (KEN)	1:03:25	Gebre, BelaineshBelainesh Gebre (ETH)	1:09:57 !1:09:57
2010	January 17	Sawe, SimonSimon Sawe (KEN)	1:04:31	Deba, BuzuneshBuzunesh Deba (ETH)	1:12:49
2009	January 18	Kurgat, NicholasNicholas Kurgat (KEN)	1:03:45	Gebre, BelaineshBelainesh Gebre (ETH)	1:12:14
2008	January 20	Towett, GeorgeGeorge Towett (KEN)	1:04:47	Quinn-Smith, TaraTara Quinn-Smith (CAN)	1:13:52
2007	January 21	Chirlee, JosephJoseph Chirlee (KEN)	1:04:18	Johnson Lane, TurenaTurena Johnson Lane (USA)	1:15:55
2006	January 22	Henwood, JohnJohn Henwood (NZ)	1:05:00	Zhdanova, FirayaFiraya Zhdanova (RUS)	1:15:30
2005	January 23	Korir, JohnJohn Korir (KEN)	1:05:22	Denisova, LyubovLyubov Denisova (RUS)	1:14:26
2004	January 18	Joseph, ZepherinusZepherinus Joseph (LC)	1:06:56	Burangulova, RamiliaRamilia Burangulova (RUS)	1:14:11
2003	January 26	Rono, EllyElly Rono (KEN)	1:04:36	Yoder Begley, AmyAmy Yoder Begley (USA)	1:13:39
2002	January 27	DeHaven, RodRod DeHaven (USA)	1:04:38	Burangulova, RamiliaRamilia Burangulova (RUS)	1:14:08
2001	January 28	Rono, EllyElly Rono (KEN)	1:04:56	Burangulova, RamiliaRamilia Burangulova (RUS)	1:14:54
2000	January 30	DeHaven, RodRod DeHaven (USA)	1:03:12 !1:03:12	Pozdnyakova, TatyanaTatyana Pozdnyakova (UKR)	1:12:40
1999	January 24	Ashley, RandyRandy Ashley (USA)	1:05:10	Gigorieva, LidiyaLidiya Gigorieva (RUS)	1:13:33
1998	January 25	Boyd, SteveSteve Boyd (CAN)	1:04:14	Zakharova, SvetlanaSvetlana Zakharova (RUS)	1:13:21
1997	January 19	Punda, YuriYuri Punda (RUS)	1:04:37	Burangulova, RamilaRamila Burangulova (RUS)	1:11:16
1996	January 28	Brantly, KeithKeith Brantly (USA)	1:03:44 !1:03:44	Klochko, LybovLybov Klochko (RUS)	1:14:33

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