Pittsburgh Marathon 2010

The Dick’s Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon is taking spot nowadays in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Not only is there a marathon, but additionally a half marathon, relay marathon, and children marathon. The full marathon course covers 26.2 miles and runners will cross all 3 with the rivers in Pittsburgh. No less than 16 000 participants have entered the events nowadays.

This 12 months marks the 21st running of the Pittsburgh Marathon, and also the second year inside a row that Dick’s Sporting Good’s has been a sponsor. From 1985-2003 the race was run annually, after which took a hiatus till last year. Race director, Patrice Matamoros, hopes the 2011 edition with the race will have even much more participants than this yr. With the participants today 77% will be from Pennsylvania; nonetheless 48 states and 10 countries will probably be represented.

The Pittsburgh Marathon is not the only marathon having location these days. Cincinnati is hosting the Flying Pig Marathon which will function 25 000 runners. The winners of today’s Pittsburgh Marathon are Kipyegon Kirui using a time of 2:17:12, and Lynnette Wilkinson using a time of 2:38:44. Race officials hope to learn from this year’s event to make the 2011 release bigger and better.