Charlotte Marathon
The Novant Health Charlotte Marathon is an annual marathon which takes place in Charlotte, North Carolina, every November. It was previously called Thunder Road Marathon and used to feature a NASCAR theme in keeping with the region's close ties to auto racing.
| Charlotte Marathon | |
|---|---|
 The Novant Health Charlotte Marathon Logo | |
| Date | November |
| Location | Charlotte, North Carolina, United States |
| Event type | Road |
| Distance | Marathon |
| Established | 2005 |
| Course records | Men's: 02:24:20 (2006) Birhanu Wukaw Women's: 02:45:04 (2007) Megan Hepp |
| Official site | www.runcharlotte.com |
The event was started in 2005 after the Charlotte Observer Marathon came to an end. The race course, a loop which begins and ends in Uptown Charlotte, is certified and is a Boston Marathon qualifier.
In 2010 due to the increasing popularity of marathon events nationwide, it was announced that entries would be capped at 3500, although the actual number of entrants has never reached that level. The event was renamed the Novant Health Charlotte Marathon in February 2016.
Races
The Charlotte Marathon event consists in 3 different races. The main event is the marathon race, however the event that gather the larger running peloton is the halfmarathon, ran on the first half of the course of the marathon.
Record
| Men's Marathon Record | Women's Marathon Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Name (Number of victories) | Time | Year | Name (Number of victories) | Time |
| 2005 | Robert Marchinko | 2:31:42 | 2005 | Maureen Larsen | 3:08:34 |
| 2006 | Birhanu Wukaw | 2:24:20 | 2006 | Barbie Dalton | 3:13:34 |
| 2007 | Mike Aldrink | 2:39:56 | 2007 | Megan Hepp | 2:45:04 |
| 2008 | Robert Miller | 2:40:50 | 2008 | Rebecca Massie | 3:07:46 |
| 2009 | Jordan Kinley | 2:29:39 | 2009 | Mo Campbell | 3:04:23 |
| 2010 | Jordan Kinley (2) | 2:24:46 | 2010 | Danielle Walther Crockford | 2:59:43 |
| 2011 | Kyle O Smith | 2:37:21 | 2011 | Caroline Orlando | 3:04:58 |
| 2012 | Hugh Parker | 2:33:51 | 2012 | Yu Tsuchida | 3:01:42 |
| 2013 | Bert Rodriguez | 2:33:37 | 2013 | Alice Rogers | 2:56:12 |
| 2014 | Masashi Shirotake | 2:31:07 | 2014 | Megan Hovis | 2:56:40 |
| 2015 | Masashi Shirotake (2) | 2:27:57 | 2015 | Lucy Rogers | 3:10:11 |
| 2016 | Chad Crockford | 2:37:19 | 2016 | Lucy Rogers (2) | 2:59:33 |
| 2017 | Bert Rodriguez (2) | 2:26:33 | 2017 | Jenna Baker | 3:00:48 |
| 2018 | James Perez | 2:31:38 | 2018 | Melissa Bell | 3:04:49 |
| 2019 | Will Volkmann | 2:30:59 | 2019 | Amanda Morris | 2:59:16 |
Marathon Entrants & Finishers
| Year | Entrants | Finishers (male) | Finishers (female) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 689 | 490 | 199 |
| 2006 | 895 | n/a | n/a |
| 2007 | 1018 | 655 | 310 |
| 2008 | 1143 | 582 | 258 |
| 2009 | 1885 | 975 | 434 |
| 2010 | 1292 | 844 | 448 |
| 2011 | 908 | 606 | 302 |
| 2012 | 1015 | 641 | 374 |
| 2013 | 862 | 576 | 286 |
| 2014 | 960 | 623 | 337 |
| 2015 | 923 | 569 | 355 |
| 2016 | 862 | 554 | 292 |
| 2017 | 873 | 542 | 310 |
| 2018 | 1083 | 568 | 321 |
| 2019 | 962 | 619 | 326 |
References
- www.athlinks.com https://www.athlinks.com/event/20296/results/Event/688688/Results. Retrieved 2020-02-10. Missing or empty
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