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
DateNovember
LocationCharlotte, North Carolina, United States
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon
Established2005
Course recordsMen's: 02:23:50 (2021) Adam Jones Women's: 02:45:04 (2007) Megan Hepp
Official sitewww.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 consists of 3 different races with the headline event being the marathon. However the largest number of participants are in the half marathon, which is run on the first half of the full marathon course.

Record
Marathon Record[1]
Men's Marathon Record Women's Marathon Record
Year Name (Number of victories) Time Name (Number of victories) Time
2005 Robert Marchinko 2:31:42 Maureen Larsen 3:08:34
2006 Birhanu Wukaw 2:24:20 Barbie Dalton 3:13:34
2007 Mike Aldrink 2:39:56 Megan Hepp 2:45:04
2008 Robert Miller 2:40:50 Rebecca Massie 3:07:46
2009 Jordan Kinley 2:29:39 Mo Campbell 3:04:23
2010 Jordan Kinley (2) 2:24:46 Danielle Walther Crockford 2:59:43
2011 Kyle O Smith 2:37:21 Caroline Orlando 3:04:58
2012 Hugh Parker 2:33:51 Yu Tsuchida 3:01:42
2013 Bert Rodriguez 2:33:37 Alice Rogers 2:56:12
2014 Masashi Shirotake 2:31:07 Megan Hovis (2) 2:56:40
2015 Masashi Shirotake (2) 2:27:57 Lucy Rogers 3:10:11
2016 Chad Crockford 2:37:19 Lucy Rogers (2) 2:59:33
2017 Bert Rodriguez (2) 2:26:33 Jenna Baker 3:00:48
2018 James Perez 2:31:38 Melissa Bell 3:04:49
2019 Will Volkmann 2:30:59 Amanda Morris 2:59:16
2020 cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic
2021 Adam Jones 2:23:50 Mimi Smith 2:48:37
2022 Jacob Rutz 2:38:44 Erin Del Giudice 2:49:51

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
  1. "Athlinks". www.athlinks.com. Retrieved 2020-02-10.


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