Flying Pig Marathon

The Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon is an annual 26.2 mi (42.2 km)[1] race run the first Sunday of May in Cincinnati, Ohio. Founded by Robert J. Coughlin, it was first held in 1999, it is the 3rd-largest first-time marathon in the United States. The marathon had nearly 5000 finishers in 2008, and total participation for all weekend events exceeded 30,408 in 2011.[2] The race starts and finishes downtown and also crosses into Northern Kentucky. It is a qualifying race for the Boston Marathon.

Flying Pig Marathon
Flying Pig Marathon logo
DateGenerally the first Sunday in May
LocationCincinnati, Ohio and Northern Kentucky
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon - 26.2 mi
Course records2:20:25 - Cecil Franke - 2006
2:34:35 - Tatyana Pozdnyakova - 2002
Official siteflyingpigmarathon.com
Participants36,000+

History

The marathon was first held in 1999.

In 2002, overall female winner Tatyana Pozdnyakova set the course record with a finish time of 2:34:35.

In 2006, overall male winner Cecil Franke set the course record with a finish time of 2:20:25.

In 2011, legally blind runner Amy McDonaugh won the race in the women's division without a guide and with a time of 2:58:14.[lower-alpha 1][3][4][5][2]

In 2020, the race was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, with all registrants given the option of either running the race virtually or transferring their entry to a later year.[6]

The 2023 race has been called “The Floating Pig”, due to the thunderstorms, torrential downpour, and flash flooding that took place during the course of the race. Controversially, the race was not cancelled despite lightning strikes within the first hour.

Course

The race course starts in downtown Cincinnati and crosses the Taylor-Southgate Bridge over the Ohio River into Northern Kentucky, where it travels through Newport and crosses westward over the Licking River via the Fourth Street Bridge into Covington. From Covington, the route takes the Clay Wade Bailey Bridge back over the Ohio River into Cincinnati. After looping westward the first leg ends east of downtown in Eden Park, a distance of 6.84 miles (11.01 km). The race course then makes its way east through East Walnut Hills, O'Bryonville, and Hyde Park and ends after 5.16 miles (8.30 km) at Richards Industries on Wasson Road. The third leg goes east to the village of Mariemont before looping back to head towards the river; it ends in Linwood, having traversed 7.67 miles (12.34 km). The final leg is 6.55 miles (10.54 km) to the finish line downtown. The last 7 km (4.3 mi) of the fourth leg follow the Ohio River Scenic Byway (US 52) along the Ohio River, heading downtown toward the finish line.[7]

Other races

In recent years, the Flying Pig has included a 5K race, a 10K race, and a half marathon and a 2-mile "Flying Fur" event for dogs and humans. The 5K and 10K are held on the day before the marathon. The half marathon starts and finishes at the same locations as the full marathon, and is held on the same day as the full marathon.

Winners
Winners by year[8]
Year Men's Winner Time Women's Winner Time
1999 Elly Rono2:21:15Sommer Settell2:58:10
2000 Rudolf Jun2:23:02Rebecca Gallaher2:49:30
2001 Rudolf Jun2:27:59Rebecca Gallaher2:50:41
2002 Cornelio Velasco2:31:10Tatyana Pozdnyakova2:34:33
2003 John Aerni2:27:42Lisa Veneziano2:57:52
2004 Thomas Lentz2:38:07PJ Ball3:05:52
2005 Tim Rieger II2:30:24Alison Bedingfield3:03:40
2006 Cecil Franke2:20:26Norah Shire2:56:19
2007 Donovan Marshbanks2:53:21Julie Wankowski3:13:30
2008 Andy Martin2:30:40Michelle Didion3:05:18
2009 Sergio Reyes2:20:37Autumn Ray2:52:23
2010 Brian List2:31:55Cynthia Arnold2:55:00
2011 Kieran O'Connor2:28:02Amy McDonaugh2:58:10
2012 Sergio Reyes2:22:04Rachel Bea2:54:38
2013 Sergio Reyes2:21:49Rebecca Walter2:53:56
2014 Sergio Reyes2:27:19Amy Robillard2:55:50
2015 Adam Goloyeske2:32:53Amy Robillard2:53:07
2016 Sergio Reyes2:26:03Anne Flower2:55:46
2017 Jack Randall2:33:43Kerry Lee2:53:47
2018 Aaron Viets2:29:36Caitlin Keen2:46:39
2019 Jack Randall2:28:58Anne Flower2:49:17
2020 Race canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2021 Alex Gold2:26:28Caitlin Keen2:43:44
2022 Zac Holtkamp2:27:18Grace McCarron2:50:00
2023 Jason Salyer2:27:10Caitlin Keen2:45:34

See also

Notes
  1. McDonaugh was "completely blind in her right eye and her vision [was] 23/100 in her left eye with no peripheral sight".[3]

References
  1. "Certified Courses search results for Course ID OH08014PR". USA Track and Field. Retrieved 2014-10-26.
  2. "Kieran O'Connor, Amy McDonaugh win Flying Pig Marathon". Cincinnati Enquirer. Archived from the original on 2011-05-04. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
  3. "Legally Blind Runner Wins Flying Pig Marathon". 2 May 2011.
  4. "Legally blind runner wins the women's Flying Pig marathon in Cincinnati - GO AMY!". New York Daily News.
  5. "Blind ambition". June 2011.
  6. "Flying Pig Marathon".
  7. "Marathon Course Description".
  8. "Flying Pig Marathon Weekend Previous Results". Flying Pig Marathon. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
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