Charlotte Marathon

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Charlotte Marathon
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The Novant Health Charlotte Marathon Logo
DateNovember
Location Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Event typeRoad
Distance Marathon
Established2005
Course recordsMen's: 02:23:50 (2021) Adam Jones Women's: 02:45:04 (2007) Megan Hepp
Official site www.runcharlotte.com

The Novant Health Charlotte Marathon is an annual marathon which takes place in Charlotte, North Carolina, every November. It was previously called Thunder Road Marathon and used to feature a NASCAR theme in keeping with the region's close ties to auto racing.

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The event was started in 2005 after the Charlotte Observer Marathon came to an end. The race course, a loop which begins and ends in Uptown Charlotte, is certified and is a Boston Marathon qualifier.

In 2010 due to the increasing popularity of marathon events nationwide, it was announced that entries would be capped at 3500, although the actual number of entrants has never reached that level. The event was renamed the Novant Health Charlotte Marathon in February 2016.

Races

The Charlotte Marathon consists of 3 different races with the headline event being the marathon. However the largest number of participants are in the half marathon, which is run on the first half of the full marathon course.

Record

Marathon Record [1]
Men's Marathon RecordWomen's Marathon Record
YearName (Number of victories)TimeName (Number of victories)Time
2005Robert Marchinko2:31:42Maureen Larsen3:08:34
2006Birhanu Wukaw2:24:20Barbie Dalton3:13:34
2007Mike Aldrink2:39:56Megan Hepp2:45:04
2008Robert Miller2:40:50Rebecca Massie3:07:46
2009Jordan Kinley2:29:39Mo Campbell3:04:23
2010Jordan Kinley (2)2:24:46Danielle Walther Crockford2:59:43
2011Kyle O Smith2:37:21Caroline Orlando3:04:58
2012Hugh Parker2:33:51Yu Tsuchida3:01:42
2013Bert Rodriguez2:33:37Alice Rogers2:56:12
2014Masashi Shirotake2:31:07Megan Hovis (2)2:56:40
2015Masashi Shirotake (2)2:27:57Lucy Rogers3:10:11
2016Chad Crockford2:37:19Lucy Rogers (2)2:59:33
2017Bert Rodriguez (2)2:26:33Jenna Baker3:00:48
2018James Perez2:31:38Melissa Bell3:04:49
2019Will Volkmann2:30:59Amanda Morris2:59:16
2020cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic
2021Adam Jones2:23:50Mimi Smith2:48:37
2022Jacob Rutz2:38:44Erin Del Giudice2:49:51
2023Sean Rager2:31:18Lauren Fulcher3:08:51

Marathon entrants and finishers

YearEntrantsFinishers (male)Finishers (female)
2005689490199
2006895n/an/a
20071018655310
20081143582258
20091885975434
20101292844448
2011908606302
20121015641374
2013862576286
2014960623337
2015923569355
2016862554292
2017873542310
20181083568321
2019962619326
2020cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic
202315541094414

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