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Rock 'n' Roll Las Vegas Marathon

May 13, 2023

"Las Vegas Marathon" redirects here. For the American thoroughbred horse race, see Marathon Stakes.

The Rock 'n' Roll Las Vegas Marathon & 1/2 Marathon is an annual marathon foot-race run on the Las Vegas Strip and in parts of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada. The 26.2-mile (42.2 km) race was one of the oldest marathons in the United States, having been run between 1967 - 2019.[1]

Rock 'n' Roll Las Vegas Marathon
DateNovember or December annually
LocationLas Vegas, Nevada
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon and half marathon
Established1967 (56 years ago) (1967)
Course recordsMen's: 2:11:58 (2005)
Stephen Kiogora
Women's: 2:29:01 (2007)
Sylvia Skvortsova
Official siteLas Vegas Marathon
Participants2,139 (2018)

History

The initial concept was to attract nationally and internationally recognized runners; this was partially successful. Morris Aarbo of Canada won the first year with a time of 2:23:06, ahead of two marathoners from Turkey. A notable participant in the inaugural race was Harry Reid, who at the time was involved with local Nevada government. The subsequent 17 annual races fielded mostly local runners with a sprinkling of national- and international-caliber runners. When the Las Vegas Sun newspaper scuttled its sponsorship of the marathon in 1969, the recently formed Las Vegas Track Club took over the event. Over the ensuing years, enrollment in the race remained low—in the range of 100 to 200 entrants—until the running boom of 1978 when the numbers bumped up for a year or two. Subsequently, entrants again diminished, with fewer than 102 finishers in 1982.

 
Finish line at the Renaissance Center in suburban Las Vegas (1983)

In 1983 Al Boka assumed directorship and inaugurated what he expected to be a very fast course. The new course bumped registration up to over 450 participants. However this downhill course proved to be too severe on the runners’ quadriceps, so after three years this route was discontinued. The course was changed to have a smaller vertical drop in 1986. Also beginning in 1986, prize money was offered to 19 age division winners. Later a half marathon was also added to the mix. Boka's strategy to attract more runners was successful; by 1992 enrollment exceeded 2000.[2]

Boka remained race director of the Las Vegas Marathon for 23 years until he sold the event in 2005 to Devine Racing, a Chicago-based race organization company, which was also responsible for several other races, including the Los Angeles Marathon. That year the marathon date was changed from January to December after securing Las Vegas Events endorsement along with approval of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. Both organizations were motivated by attracting visitors during the "slower" December time period and their consent was necessary for holding any large downtown event. The course was also changed to take place partially in the city.

 
Number of marathon finishers each year from 1967 to 2014.

The Rock 'n' Roll Era

In 2009 the race was acquired by the Competitor Group, Inc. and incorporated into its Rock 'n' Roll Marathon Series and the course was changed for a fourth time since 1982.[3]

Since the Competitor Group acquired the race in 2009, the number of full distance (26.219 mi (42.195 km)) marathoners has diminished, while the overall participation has increased dramatically . The venue itself, held at night on the Strip, has become more of a pop culture phenomenon than an international marathon. Most runners elect to do the half marathon while a few run ‘half of the half ‘ or 6.555 mi (10.549 km).

Runners in the 2011 event reported illness, overcrowding, and at least one person was hospitalized.[4]

In 2014 the overall entrants exceeded 38,000 participants with only 3,208 runners completing the full 26.2 miles. 25,251 runners finished the half-marathon, 2,194 runners completed the 6.555-mile course while the balance ran a 5 kilometer (3.1 mile) race the day before the main event. Many of the short-distance runners were costumed. The Monte Carlo Casino promoted a ‘run-thru wedding’ during the race. While a high volume of entrants is necessary to carry the cost of closing the Las Vegas Strip for more than 12 hours,[5] the paucity of actual marathoners distinguish the Las Vegas event from other big city venues such as Boston, New York, Chicago, London, or Berlin where the number of marathon finishers range from about 20,000 to more than 30,000. While successful as a commercial, for profit venture, this race falls short of the original vision to make the Las Vegas Marathon a world class, competitive running event.

In 2017, the race was acquired by and is now organized by the IRONMAN Group, part of Wanda Sports Holdings.

Organizers decided not to hold the 2020 edition of the race on its original date in November due to the coronavirus pandemic.[6][7] Entrants were given either refunds or automatic entry deferral to 2021.

Course

 
Las Vegas Marathon & Half Marathon loop courses - 2005 to 2008

From 1967 to 2004 the marathon course was located on several different routes within Clark County, but outside of downtown Las Vegas.

In 1983, Al Boka inaugurated a course that started on State Route 160, high in the Spring Mountains west of Las Vegas on the road to Pahrump, and descended approximately 2,900 feet (883.9m) into the valley, finishing at the Renaissance Center located at the corner of East Tropicana and Eastern Avenues.

The 1986 marathon course was changed to a smaller, 700-foot (213.36m) vertical drop. The new route headed north on State Route 604 from Jean NV, paralleling Interstate 15 much of the way, to its finish point at Sunset Park.

In 2005, the race course was moved from suburban Clark County to the Las Vegas "Strip" and partially in the city of Las Vegas. The loop course between 2005 and 2008 began and finished at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. After heading north on Las Vegas Boulevard (The Strip), to the Fremont Street Experience and the Downtown area, the course meandered further northwest of the city and ultimately looped back to the west before reaching Mandalay Bay's parking lot at the finish. The Half Marathon Course remained along the Strip.

In its most recent iteration, the full marathon began on Las Vegas Boulevard heading north through the Downtown casino area, proceeded further to the northwest, turns around and finished again on the strip near the Mirage and Venetian Casinos.[8]

The event was not held in 2020 or 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was announced in February, 2021 that Competitor group would be next hold their Las Vegas events on February 26 and 27, 2022. The decision was made to move the event due to the increasing difficulty of scheduling closures of the Las Vegas Boulevard that didn't conflict with sporting events involving the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena or the Las Vegas Raiders at Allegiant Stadium.

Furthermore, Competitor announced that the Rock 'n Roll Las Vegas event would no longer offer the full marathon distance, due to poor feedback on the event from prior participants. Competitor will instead offer the half-marathon distance, 10 km and 5 km races.[9]

Winners

Key:    Course record (in bold)

Year Men's winner Time[a] Women's winner Time[a] Rf.
2020 suspended due to coronavirus pandemic[b] [6]
2019   Thomas Puzey (USA) 2:28:04   Heather Bray (USA) 3:13:00
2018   Thomas Puzey (USA) 2:25:53   Hannah McInturff (USA) 3:07:24
2017   Gilles Rubio (FRA) 2:38:04   Marisa Hird (USA) 2:55:19
2016   Michael Wardian (USA) 2:38:04   Chelsey Leighton (USA) 3:12:11 [10]
2015   Andrew Lemoncello (GBR) 2:21:47   Williana Rojas (PAN) 3:08:18
2014   Ben Bruce (USA) 2:27:22   Cathy Cullen (CAN) 2:56:57
2013   Jason Brosseau (USA) 2:35:26   Nuța Olaru (USA) 2:58:46
2012   Jonathan Ndambuki (USA) 2:32:24   Nuța Olaru (ROM) 2:51:31
2011   Peter Omae (KEN) 2:29:12   Zsófia Erdélyi (HUN) 2:48:58 [11][12]
2010   Josh Cox (USA) 2:25:05   Dorota Gruca (POL) 2:44:36 [13]
2009   Christopher Toroitich (KEN) 2:15:15   Caroline Rotich (KEN) 2:29:47 [1]
2008   Abebe Yimer (ETH) 2:27:27   Nadezhda Tuptova (RUS) 2:48:20 [14]
2007   Christopher Cheboiboch (KEN) 2:16:49   Sylvia Skvortsova (RUS) 2:29:01 [1]
2006   Joseph Kahugo (KEN) 2:16:23   Jemima Jelagat (KEN) 2:35:12
2005 (Dec)   Stephen Kiogora (KEN) 2:11:58   Adriana Fernández (MEX) 2:31:54
2005 (Jan)   Gilbert Koech (KEN) 2:13:45   Olga Kovpotina (RUS) 2:31:54
2004   Kevin Herd (USA) 2:28:13   Kari Anne Bertrand (USA) 2:45:46
2003   David Bronfenbrenner (USA) 2:33:34   Linda Huyck (USA) 2:57:48
2002   Abebe Yimer (ETH) 2:18:48   Midori Sperandeo (USA) 2:41:52
2001   Mike Dudley (USA) 2:18:13   Irina Kazakova (FRA) 2:41:56
2000   Rob Reeder (USA) 2:17:15   Joanna Gront (POL) 2:36:00
1999   Zoltán Holba (HUN) 2:16:42   Alena Vinnitskaya (BLR) 2:32:43
1998   Zoltán Holba (HUN) 2:14:15   Joanna Gront (POL) 2:43:32
1997   Zoltán Holba (HUN) 2:14:23   Marzena Helbik (POL) 2:32:22
1996   Zoltán Holba (HUN) 2:16:10   Yelena Makolova (BLR) 2:40:17
1995   Vladimir Netreba (RUS) 2:14:52   Laura Mason (USA) 2:37:20
1994   Michael Dudley (USA) 2:16:54   Roxi Erickson (USA) 2:40:14
1993   Doug Kurtis (USA) 2:18:55   Kathleen Smith (USA) 2:41:55
  • 1967 — Morris Aarbo: 2:23:06 Las Vegas Sun Marathon (first course)[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b h:m:s
  2. ^ It is unclear whether the marathon would be postponed or cancelled.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Leydig, Jack & Milroy, Andy (2011-12-05). Las Vegas Marathon. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2011-12-07.
  2. ^ Monograph - The Las Vegas Marathon: A History by Everett C. Chase 1991
  3. ^ . Archived from the original on 2014-04-24. Retrieved 2014-04-24.
  4. ^ "Las Vegas marathon runners say they were sickened". 8 December 2011.
  5. ^ Las Vegas Review-Journal by Richard Velotta Nov.13, 2014
  6. ^ a b c . Archived from the original on 2020-11-06.
  7. ^ . 4 June 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-10-20.
  8. ^ Rock n Roll Las Vegas - Courses
  9. ^ Las Vegas Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon to return in 2022 minus 26.2-mile race
  10. ^ Lapwai's Leighton declared winner of marathon
  11. ^ . AIMS. Retrieved on 2011-12-07.
  12. ^
  13. ^ . www.marathonguide.com. Archived from the original on 16 October 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  14. ^ . Archived from the original on 2017-03-10.
List of winners

External links

  • Official website
  • "The New Las Vegas Marathon". MarathonGuide.com.
  • "The Las Vegas International Marathon". MarathonGuide.com.

May 13, 2023
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Las Vegas Marathon redirects here For the American thoroughbred horse race see Marathon Stakes The Rock n Roll Las Vegas Marathon amp 1 2 Marathon is an annual marathon foot race run on the Las Vegas Strip and in parts of the Las Vegas Valley Nevada The 26 2 mile 42 2 km race was one of the oldest marathons in the United States having been run between 1967 2019 1 Rock n Roll Las Vegas MarathonDateNovember or December annuallyLocationLas Vegas NevadaEvent typeRoadDistanceMarathon and half marathonEstablished1967 56 years ago 1967 Course recordsMen s 2 11 58 2005 Stephen KiogoraWomen s 2 29 01 2007 Sylvia SkvortsovaOfficial siteLas Vegas MarathonParticipants2 139 2018 Contents 1 History 1 1 The Rock n Roll Era 2 Course 3 Winners 4 Notes 5 References 6 External linksHistory EditThe initial concept was to attract nationally and internationally recognized runners this was partially successful Morris Aarbo of Canada won the first year with a time of 2 23 06 ahead of two marathoners from Turkey A notable participant in the inaugural race was Harry Reid who at the time was involved with local Nevada government The subsequent 17 annual races fielded mostly local runners with a sprinkling of national and international caliber runners When the Las Vegas Sunnewspaper scuttled its sponsorship of the marathon in 1969 the recently formed Las Vegas Track Club took over the event Over the ensuing years enrollment in the race remained low in the range of 100 to 200 entrants until the running boom of 1978 when the numbers bumped up for a year or two Subsequently entrants again diminished with fewer than 102 finishers in 1982 Finish line at the Renaissance Center in suburban Las Vegas 1983 In 1983 Al Boka assumed directorship and inaugurated what he expected to be a very fast course The new course bumped registration up to over 450 participants However this downhill course proved to be too severe on the runners quadriceps so after three years this route was discontinued The course was changed to have a smaller vertical drop in 1986 Also beginning in 1986 prize money was offered to 19 age division winners Later a half marathon was also added to the mix Boka s strategy to attract more runners was successful by 1992 enrollment exceeded 2000 2 Boka remained race director of the Las Vegas Marathon for 23 years until he sold the event in 2005 to Devine Racing a Chicago based race organization company which was also responsible for several other races including the Los Angeles Marathon That year the marathon date was changed from January to December after securing Las Vegas Events endorsement along with approval of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority Both organizations were motivated by attracting visitors during the slower December time period and their consent was necessary for holding any large downtown event The course was also changed to take place partially in the city Number of marathon finishers each year from 1967 to 2014 The Rock n Roll Era Edit In 2009 the race was acquired by the Competitor Group Inc and incorporated into its Rock n Roll Marathon Series and the course was changed for a fourth time since 1982 3 Since the Competitor Group acquired the race in 2009 the number of full distance 26 219 mi 42 195 km marathoners has diminished while the overall participation has increased dramatically The venue itself held at night on the Strip has become more of a pop culture phenomenon than an international marathon Most runners elect to do the half marathon while a few run half of the half or 6 555 mi 10 549 km Runners in the 2011 event reported illness overcrowding and at least one person was hospitalized 4 In 2014 the overall entrants exceeded 38 000 participants with only 3 208 runners completing the full 26 2 miles 25 251 runners finished the half marathon 2 194 runners completed the 6 555 mile course while the balance ran a 5 kilometer 3 1 mile race the day before the main event Many of the short distance runners were costumed The Monte Carlo Casino promoted a run thru wedding during the race While a high volume of entrants is necessary to carry the cost of closing the Las Vegas Strip for more than 12 hours 5 the paucity of actual marathoners distinguish the Las Vegas event from other big city venues such as Boston New York Chicago London or Berlin where the number of marathon finishers range from about 20 000 to more than 30 000 While successful as a commercial for profit venture this race falls short of the original vision to make the Las Vegas Marathon a world class competitive running event In 2017 the race was acquired by and is now organized by the IRONMAN Group part of Wanda Sports Holdings Organizers decided not to hold the 2020 edition of the race on its original date in November due to the coronavirus pandemic 6 7 Entrants were given either refunds or automatic entry deferral to 2021 Course Edit Las Vegas Marathon amp Half Marathon loop courses 2005 to 2008 From 1967 to 2004 the marathon course was located on several different routes within Clark County but outside of downtown Las Vegas In 1983 Al Boka inaugurated a course that started on State Route 160 high in the Spring Mountains west of Las Vegas on the road to Pahrump and descended approximately 2 900 feet 883 9m into the valley finishing at the Renaissance Center located at the corner of East Tropicana and Eastern Avenues The 1986 marathon course was changed to a smaller 700 foot 213 36m vertical drop The new route headed north on State Route 604 from Jean NV paralleling Interstate 15 much of the way to its finish point at Sunset Park In 2005 the race course was moved from suburban Clark County to the Las Vegas Strip and partially in the city of Las Vegas The loop course between 2005 and 2008 began and finished at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino After heading north on Las Vegas Boulevard The Strip to the Fremont Street Experience and the Downtown area the course meandered further northwest of the city and ultimately looped back to the west before reaching Mandalay Bay s parking lot at the finish The Half Marathon Course remained along the Strip In its most recent iteration the full marathon began on Las Vegas Boulevard heading north through the Downtown casino area proceeded further to the northwest turns around and finished again on the strip near the Mirage and Venetian Casinos 8 The event was not held in 2020 or 2021 because of the COVID 19 pandemic It was announced in February 2021 that Competitor group would be next hold their Las Vegas events on February 26 and 27 2022 The decision was made to move the event due to the increasing difficulty of scheduling closures of the Las Vegas Boulevard that didn t conflict with sporting events involving the Vegas Golden Knights at T Mobile Arena or the Las Vegas Raiders at Allegiant Stadium Furthermore Competitor announced that the Rock n Roll Las Vegas event would no longer offer the full marathon distance due to poor feedback on the event from prior participants Competitor will instead offer the half marathon distance 10 km and 5 km races 9 Winners EditKey Course record in bold Year Men s winner Time a Women s winner Time a Rf 2020 suspended due to coronavirus pandemic b 6 2019 Thomas Puzey USA 2 28 04 Heather Bray USA 3 13 002018 Thomas Puzey USA 2 25 53 Hannah McInturff USA 3 07 242017 Gilles Rubio FRA 2 38 04 Marisa Hird USA 2 55 192016 Michael Wardian USA 2 38 04 Chelsey Leighton USA 3 12 11 10 2015 Andrew Lemoncello GBR 2 21 47 Williana Rojas PAN 3 08 182014 Ben Bruce USA 2 27 22 Cathy Cullen CAN 2 56 572013 Jason Brosseau USA 2 35 26 Nuța Olaru USA 2 58 462012 Jonathan Ndambuki USA 2 32 24 Nuța Olaru ROM 2 51 312011 Peter Omae KEN 2 29 12 Zsofia Erdelyi HUN 2 48 58 11 12 2010 Josh Cox USA 2 25 05 Dorota Gruca POL 2 44 36 13 2009 Christopher Toroitich KEN 2 15 15 Caroline Rotich KEN 2 29 47 1 2008 Abebe Yimer ETH 2 27 27 Nadezhda Tuptova RUS 2 48 20 14 2007 Christopher Cheboiboch KEN 2 16 49 Sylvia Skvortsova RUS 2 29 01 1 2006 Joseph Kahugo KEN 2 16 23 Jemima Jelagat KEN 2 35 122005 Dec Stephen Kiogora KEN 2 11 58 Adriana Fernandez MEX 2 31 542005 Jan Gilbert Koech KEN 2 13 45 Olga Kovpotina RUS 2 31 542004 Kevin Herd USA 2 28 13 Kari Anne Bertrand USA 2 45 462003 David Bronfenbrenner USA 2 33 34 Linda Huyck USA 2 57 482002 Abebe Yimer ETH 2 18 48 Midori Sperandeo USA 2 41 522001 Mike Dudley USA 2 18 13 Irina Kazakova FRA 2 41 562000 Rob Reeder USA 2 17 15 Joanna Gront POL 2 36 001999 Zoltan Holba HUN 2 16 42 Alena Vinnitskaya BLR 2 32 431998 Zoltan Holba HUN 2 14 15 Joanna Gront POL 2 43 321997 Zoltan Holba HUN 2 14 23 Marzena Helbik POL 2 32 221996 Zoltan Holba HUN 2 16 10 Yelena Makolova BLR 2 40 171995 Vladimir Netreba RUS 2 14 52 Laura Mason USA 2 37 201994 Michael Dudley USA 2 16 54 Roxi Erickson USA 2 40 141993 Doug Kurtis USA 2 18 55 Kathleen Smith USA 2 41 551967 Morris Aarbo 2 23 06 Las Vegas Sun Marathon first course 1 Notes Edit a b h m s It is unclear whether the marathon would be postponed or cancelled 6 References Edit a b c d Leydig Jack amp Milroy Andy 2011 12 05 Las Vegas Marathon Association of Road Racing Statisticians Retrieved on 2011 12 07 Monograph The Las Vegas Marathon A History by Everett C Chase 1991 Rock n Roll Las Vegas Marathon amp Half Marathon Race 2014 Archived from the original on 2014 04 24 Retrieved 2014 04 24 Las Vegas marathon runners say they were sickened 8 December 2011 Las Vegas Review Journal by Richard Velotta Nov 13 2014 a b c Register Archived from the original on 2020 11 06 Las Vegas Rock n Roll marathon off could be rescheduled 4 June 2020 Archived from the original on 2020 10 20 Rock n Roll Las Vegas Courses Las Vegas Rock n Roll Marathon to return in 2022 minus 26 2 mile race Lapwai s Leighton declared winner of marathon December 2011 AIMS Results AIMS Retrieved on 2011 12 07 https web archive org web 20201106043431 https www european athletics org athletes group e athlete 131959 erdelyi zsofia index html Las Vegas Marathon Cox Gruca Win Zappos com Rock n Roll Las Vegas Marathon www marathonguide com Archived from the original on 16 October 2015 Retrieved 12 January 2022 AIMS 2008 AIMS Event Winners Archived from the original on 2017 03 10 List of winnersLeydig Jack amp Milroy Andy 2011 12 05 Las Vegas Marathon Association of Road Racing Statisticians Retrieved on 2011 12 07 External links EditOfficial website The New Las Vegas Marathon MarathonGuide com The Las Vegas International Marathon MarathonGuide com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rock 27n 27 Roll Las Vegas Marathon amp oldid 1148027342, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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