Austin Marathon

Austin Marathon
A blur of runners starting the Austin Marathon and Austin Half Marathon in 2014
Date	February
Location	Austin, Texas
Event type	Road
Distance	Marathon
Established	1992
Official site	www.youraustinmarathon.com

The Austin Marathon is an annual marathon held in Austin, Texas. Freescale Semiconductor, a division of Motorola's semiconductor products sector that was divested in 2003, founded the marathon in 1991 and served as title sponsor for fifteen years.^[1] The marathon was sponsored by AT&T in 2007 and 2008, but ran with no title sponsor in 2009.^[2] From 2010 to 2013, the race was called the LIVESTRONG Austin Marathon. Freescale returned as presenting sponsor in 2014. The Austin Half Marathon and Paramount 5K are also part of the event. The marathon and half marathon had over 18,000 registered participants in 2014.

A health and fitness expo called the Marathon Marketplace precedes the event, where runners pick up their race packets. The Marathon Marketplace is held in the Palmer Events Center in Austin on the Friday and Saturday before the race, and typically involves over eighty vendors who set up tables and booths, to promote or sell athletic products. Motivational speakers get runners and their families excited about the race.

The race usually starts on Congress Avenue, just a few blocks north of the Texas State Capitol, and touches well-known Austin landmarks and areas, such as downtown, the Colorado River, SoCo, Hyde Park, and the University of Texas at Austin campus, passing by Memorial Stadium. Befitting the city that prides itself on being "The Live Music Capital of the World," the Austin Marathon includes performances by live bands along the race route. The race ends near where it begins on Congress Avenue, but south of the Capitol.^[3] The course is USATF certified.

Along with the Dallas Marathon and the Houston Marathon, the Austin Marathon forms the final leg of the Marathons of Texas, a series of winter marathons held approximately one month apart from each other from December through February in Texas.^[4]

Men's winners

Joseph Mutinda, a few seconds before winning the 2014 Austin Marathon with a time of 2:14:17. He was disqualified after he failed the drug test.^[5]

DATE	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY	WINNING TIME
February 16, 2014	Joseph Mutinda[6]	Kenya	2:14:17
February 17, 2013	Omar Martinez	United States	2:35:09
February 19, 2012	Edward Kiptum	Kenya	2:22:50
February 20, 2011	Keith Pierce	United States	2:29:25
February 14, 2010	Keith Pierce	United States	2:20:35
February 15, 2009	Jeremy Borling	United States	2:30:05
February 17, 2008	Jacob Frey	United States	2:20:38
February 18, 2007	Jynocel Basweti	Kenya	2:14:02
February 19, 2006	Mindaugas Pukstas	Lithuania	2:13:43
February 13, 2005	Mikhail Khobotov	Russia	2:12:38
February 15, 2004	Andrzej Krzyścin	Poland	2:14:18
February 16, 2003	Andrzej Krzyścin	Poland	2:12:40
February 17, 2002	Andrzej Krzyścin	Poland	2:12:10
February 18, 2001	Mukhamet Nazipov	Russia	2:11:14
February 20, 2000	Janko Benša	Yugoslavia	2:14:18
February 14, 1999	Peter Fleming	Scotland	2:17:14
February 15, 1998	Abderrahim Benredouane	Morocco	2:16:45
February 16, 1997	Andrei Tarasov	Russia	2:16:52
February 18, 1996	Dmitriy Kapitanov	Russia	2:15:59
March 5, 1995	José Iniguez	Mexico	2:16:27
March 6, 1994	Doug Kurtis	United States	2:21:35
March 7, 1993	Brad Hawthorne	United States	2:17:53
March 15, 1992	Alberto Puente	Mexico	2:24:00

Women's winners

DATE	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY	WINNING TIME
February 19, 2012	Shannon Bixler	United States	3:02:28
February 20, 2011	Desiree Ficker	United States	2:50:35
February 14, 2010	Elle Pishny	United States	2:53:16
February 15, 2009	Elle Pishny	United States	2:52:32
February 17, 2008	Lucy MacAlister	England	2:36:26
February 18, 2007	Moges Zebenaye	Ethiopia	2:39:46
February 19, 2006	Tatyana Pozdnyakova	Ukraine	2:34:23
February 13, 2005	Tatyana Borisova	Kyrgyzstan	2:31:01
February 15, 2004	Tatyana Borisova	Kyrgyzstan	2:30:40
February 16, 2003	Sylvia Skvortsova	Russia	2:37:22
February 17, 2002	Marian Sutton	England	2:31:43
February 18, 2001	Elena Paramonova	Russia	2:32:56
February 20, 2000	Tatyana Titova	Russia	2:34:03
February 14, 1999	Lydia Grigoryeva	Russia	2:35:38
February 15, 1998	Tamara Karlyakova	Russia	2:37:55
February 16, 1997	Alla Doudayeva	Belarus	2:39:55
February 18, 1996	Svetlana Zakharova	Russia	2:36:45
March 5, 1995	Andrea Bowman	United States	2:40:19
March 6, 1994	Irina Bondarchuk	Russia	2:42:22
March 7, 1993	Lori Norwood	United States	2:47:08
March 15, 1992	Kay Jones	United States	3:13:13

References

1. "Freescale drops marathon sponsorship". 2006-03-11. Retrieved 2009-01-12.
2. Monti, David (2006-08-17). "Athletics: Austin Marathon Lands AT&T Texas As Title Sponsor". Race Results Weekly. Retrieved 2009-01-12.
3. Official Austin Marathon website, accessed Jan. 24, 2012
4. "Marathons of Texas". Marathons of Texas. Retrieved 2007-02-28.
5. Mutinda, winner of 2014 Austin Marathon, sanctioned by USADA statesman.com 25 March 2015
6. Mutinda, winner of 2014 Austin Marathon, sanctioned by USADA statesman.com 25 March 2015

External links

• Marathon Info
• That Other Paper story by a 2007 Austin Marathon runner