Guadalajara Marathon

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Guadalajara Marathon
File:Palacio Municipal de Guadalajara 2.jpg
The Palacio Municipal (es), at the finish area
Date October or November[1]:{{{3}}}
Location Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Event type Road
Distance Marathon
Established 1984 (40 years ago) (1984)[1]:{{{3}}}[lower-alpha 1]
Official site https://www.maratonguadalajara.org

The Guadalajara Marathon[lower-alpha 2] (also known as the Guadalajara International Marathon[lower-alpha 3] or Maratón GDL[3]:{{{3}}}) is an annual road-based marathon hosted by Guadalajara, Mexico, since 1984.[3]:{{{3}}}[4]:{{{3}}}[1]:{{{3}}}[5]:{{{3}}}[lower-alpha 1] The marathon is a World Athletics Elite Label Road Race and a member of the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races.[2]:{{{3}}}[6]:{{{3}}}

The event is organized by the Guadalajara Municipal Sports Council, which also organizes the Guadalajara Half Marathon, a separate half marathon event held in February.[4]:{{{3}}}

History

The inaugural race was held on 26 February 1984 as a half marathon.[1]:{{{3}}} It was won by Mexican runner Audón Hernández with a finish time of 1:06:16.[1]:{{{3}}}[5]:{{{3}}}

The second edition, held on 10 February 1985, was the first to feature a race with the standard marathon distance of 42.195 km (26.2 mi).[1]:{{{3}}}[5]:{{{3}}} The marathon was won by Mexican runners Eduardo Blake and Esmeralda Gutiérrez, with finish times of 2:22:22 and 3:00:59, respectively.[1]:{{{3}}}[5]:{{{3}}}

The event was not held in 2011 due to the 2011 Pan American Games being held in the city that October.[1]:{{{3}}}[7]:{{{3}}}

The 2020 edition of the race was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.[8]:{{{3}}}[9]:{{{3}}}

Course

External image
image icon Course map of full marathon in 2022[3]:{{{3}}}

The marathon begins at the Hospicio Cabañas and ends at the Palacio Municipal (es).[3]:{{{3}}} The course consists of roughly a clockwise loop in the central and southern areas of the city, with an additional out-and-back leg along Lázaro Cárdenas Avenue making up about a third of the course.[3]:{{{3}}}

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The inaugural race in 1984 was a half marathon.[1]:{{{3}}} The second edition, in 1985, was the first to feature a race with the standard marathon distance of 42.195 km (26.2 mi).[1]:{{{3}}}
  2. ↑ Spanish: Maratón Guadalajara[2]:{{{3}}}
  3. ↑ Spanish: Maratón Internacional Guadalajara[2]:{{{3}}}

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 https://archive.today/20230430235727/https://www.arrs.run/HP_GuadMa.htm
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 https://archive.today/20230430230058/https://aims-worldrunning.org/races/1128.html
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 https://archive.today/20221102194506/https://www.maratonguadalajara.org/
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://archive.today/20230430230049/https://aims-worldrunning.org/articles/953-spectacular-stage-with-the-joy-of-music.html
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 https://archive.today/20230430233109/https://www.informador.mx/deportes/Esfuerzos-que-emocionan-20171107-0012.html
  6. ↑ https://archive.today/20221218202650/https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-label-road-races/calendar-results
  7. ↑ https://archive.today/20230501015204/https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2011/10/2011-pan-american-games/100179/
  8. ↑ https://archive.today/20230430230102/https://www.elsoldelcentro.com.mx/deportes/por-covid-19-coronavirus-pandemia-cancelan-maraton-internacional-de-guadalajara-2020-5528269.html
  9. ↑ https://archive.today/20230430230126/https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2020/10/19/list-of-sports-events-affected-by-the-coronavirus-pandemic/114443012/

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