Besides Boston, Chicago and New York, are there any marathons in the US that don't also have a half-marathon or relay? It seems as if every one has the half or at the same start and finish.
Besides Boston, Chicago and New York, are there any marathons in the US that don't also have a half-marathon or relay? It seems as if every one has the half or at the same start and finish.
The only "marathons" I know of that don't have half marathons - besides those mentioned - are the Barkley Marathons.
Hope that helps!
The TC marathon doesn't have a half. There is a 5K/10K the day before, and a 10 mile the day of. The 10 mile uses the same start / finish (within a couple blocks) but uses a different course. The only shared portion with the marathon is the last couple miles before the finish.
Point to point marathons often don't.
Examples: CIM, Big Sur, St George, etc.
Marine Corps
Rocket City
Olympic Trials
a few others wrote:
Point to point marathons often don't.
Examples: CIM, Big Sur, St George, etc.
That's what I was thinking but Big Sur has a relay, 21 mile, 10.6 mile, 9 mile, 5k and 3k!
Grandma's has a half marathon. CIM has a relay. St. George seems to only be a marathon. I think ROcket City as well
LA marathon (which is point to point)
Sorry, LA has a relay, though.
Try again wrote:
The only "marathons" I know of that don't have half marathons - besides those mentioned - are the Barkley Marathons.
Hope that helps!
Barkley has a fun run though.
Bill the pill wrote:
Marine Corps
Wrong!
MCM 10k, half marathon, Marathon.
Sesamoiditis wrote:
a few others wrote:Point to point marathons often don't.
Examples: CIM, Big Sur, St George, etc.
That's what I was thinking but Big Sur has a relay, 21 mile, 10.6 mile, 9 mile, 5k and 3k!
Grandma's has a half marathon. CIM has a relay. St. George seems to only be a marathon. I think Rocket City as well
Grandma's half (named after Gary Bjorklund) starts at the 13 mile mark of the full -- and most importantly -- begins at 6:15 AM (an hour and a half before the full). So there is no interference. (I think a bus picks up walkers who won't finish before the marathon leaders come by.)
Philadelphia just moved its half to the day before which will alleviate a lot of the early congestion.
Erie got rid of its half last year to allow more marathoners. (The marathon had started selling out because it became a popular last chance Boston qualifer.)