Rock 'n' Roll San Diego Marathon

Rock 'n' Roll San Diego Marathon
Location	San Diego
Event type	Road
Distance	Marathon and half marathon
Established	1998
Official site	San Diego Marathon

The Rock 'n' Roll San Diego Marathon is an annual marathon foot-race held in San Diego, California. It was established in 1998 and has been run every year since. It is the original race in the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon Series of marathons and half-marathons managed by Competitor Group, Inc.. A half marathon race over 21.0975 kilometres (13.1094 mi) was added to supplement the established full marathon race from the 2010 edition onwards.^[1]

The marathon originally commenced at 6th Avenue at Palm and concluded at Parade Deck in Marine Corps Recruit Depot. In 2010 a new course was defined which ended at Sea World San Diego.^[2] In 2013, the course was again rerouted with a new finish line at Petco Park.^[3] Runners have seven hours in which to complete the marathon. There is also a half-marathon over portions of the same course, and a four-person relay option with a four-hour time limit.^[1] Since its inception, the marathon claims to have raised in excess of $100 million for charities (but see below). The 2006 marathon had 21,159 participants—17,339 of whom successfully finished the race.

The half marathon aspect of the race has a men's course record of 58:41 minutes (set by Bernard Koech in 2013). This was the fourth-fastest time ever for the event, although the time did not meet official IAAF requirements as the course contained an excessive downhill.^[4][5]

Foundation controversy

In 2008 the Competitor Group took over Elite Racing, the company that had been organizing the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon. The following year, 2009, an internal audit revealed that the charity in whose name the race had been run, Elite Racing Foundation for Children, Education & Medical Research, had been improperly commingling funds with the for-profit Elite Racing. It further found that the foundation was being operated "in many instances for the benefit of the for-profit,” and that the charity's role in hosting the races had been overstated. As a result, the race had benefited improperly from hundreds of thousands of dollars in public subsidies and grants. In announcing the results of the audit, Competitor said it would return $190,500 to San Diego County and $152,544 to the city of San Diego, spend the remaining foundation funds on health and wellness causes, file amended tax returns, and dissolve the foundation.^[6][7] Competitor Group made the final payments in October 2009. Altogether the company returned $344,176 to the city and county.^[8]

Marathon winners

Key:   Course record

Richard Limo secured victory in 2010 – his first marathon win

Alice Chelangat of Kenya was the 2006 women's race winner

Edition	Year	Men's winner	Country	Time (h:m:s)	Women's winner	Country	Time (h:m:s)
19th	June 5, 2016	Eric Noel	United States	2:26:39	McKale Davis	United States	2:56:15
18th	May 31, 2015	Igor Campos	United States	2:37:02	Lenore Moreno	United States	2:41:39
17th	June 1, 2014	Ben Bruce	United States	2:23:50	Anna Corrigan	United States	2:44:27
16th	June 3, 2013	Simon Njoroge	Kenya	2:15:00	Natalya Sergeyeva	Russia	2:35:05
15th	June 3, 2012	Nixon Machichim	Kenya	2:10:03	Alevtina Ivanova	Russia	2:27:44
14th	June 5, 2011	Terfa Negari	Ethiopia	2:11:18	Bizunesh Deba	Ethiopia	2:23:31
13th	June 6, 2010	Richard Limo	Kenya	2:09:56	Yulia Gromova	Russia	2:27:38
12th	May 31, 2009	Khalid El Boumlili	Morocco	2:11:16	Yulia Gromova	Russia	2:27:37
11th	June 1, 2008	Simon Wangai	Kenya	2:10:07	Yulia Gromova	Russia	2:28:23
10th	June 3, 2007	Daniel Yego	Kenya	2:09:04	Hellen Jemaiyo Kimutai	Kenya	2:32:40
9th	June 4, 2006	Ambesse Tolosa	Ethiopia	2:10:08	Alice Chelangat	Kenya	2:28:21
8th	June 5, 2005	Christopher Cheboiboch	Kenya	2:09:17	Gete Wami	Ethiopia	2:30:55
7th	June 6, 2004	Joseph Ngolepus	Kenya	2:11:04	Tatyana Titova	Russia	2:29:36
6th	June 1, 2003	Osoro Ondoro	Kenya	2:09:38	Irina Bogachova	Kyrgyzstan	2:29:52
5th	June 2, 2002	Sammy Korir	Kenya	2:09:02	Alice Chelangat	Kenya	2:29:57
4th	June 3, 2001	John Kagwe	Kenya	2:10:07	Margaret Okayo	Kenya	2:25:05
3rd	June 4, 2000	Wolashe Belay	Ethiopia	2:12:45	Margaret Okayo	Kenya	2:27:05
2nd	May 23, 1999	Philip Tarus	Kenya	2:08:33	Irina Bogachova	Kyrgyzstan	2:28:46
1st	June 21, 1998	Philip Tarus	Kenya	2:10:42	Nadezhda Ilyina	Russia	2:34:17

Half marathon

Edition	Year	Men's winner	Country	Time (h:m:s)	Women's winner	Country	Time (h:m:s)
7th	June 5, 2016	Scott Smith	United States	1:02:34	Shalene Flanagan	United States	1:07:51
6th	May 31, 2015	Jordan Chipangama	United States	1:02:24	Eri Hayakawa	Japan	1:10:47
5th	June 1, 2014	Solomon Deksisa	Ethiopia	1:00:12	Birhane Dibaba	Ethiopia	1:09:33
4th	June 3, 2013	Bernard Koech	Kenya	58:41	Edna Kiplagat	Kenya	1:08:57
3rd	June 3, 2012	Meb Keflezighi	United States	1:03:11	Kim Smith	New Zealand	1:08:37
2nd	June 5, 2011	Meb Keflezighi	United States	1:02:40	Gina Slaby	United States	1:16:33
1st	June 6, 2010	Sergio Gonzalez	United States	1:07:18	Jacquelyne Gallegos	United States	1:21:04

Records

In 2015 Harriette Thompson of Charlotte, North Carolina, completed the Rock ’n’ Roll San Diego Marathon in 7hr 24min 36sec, thus becoming the oldest woman to complete a marathon (she was 92 years and 65 days old at the time.)^[9]

References

External links

• San Diego Rock 'n' Roll Marathon & Half Marathon
• Marathon Info

Rock 'n' Roll Marathon Series Venues
Arizona Chicago Half Dallas Half Denver Edinburgh Half Las Vegas Lisbon Half Los Angeles Half Madrid Miami Beach Half Montreal Nashville New Orleans New York 10k Pasadena Half Philadelphia Half Portland (OR) Half Providence Half St. Petersburg San Antonio San Diego San Jose Half Savannah Seattle St. Louis Virginia Beach Half Washington D.C.