Myrtle Beach Marathon

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Myrtle Beach Marathon
Location Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Event typeRoad
Distance Marathon Half Marathon Marathon Relay 5k Kids' Mile
Established1998
Course recordsMen: 2:26:24 (2012)
Stuart Moran
Women: 2:40:11 (2011)
Kathleen Castles (overall winner)
Official site mbmarathon.com

The Myrtle Beach Marathon is a marathon which takes place in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. It is held annually on the first Saturday in March. 5,500 to 7,500 individuals participate in the race annually. It is the largest marathon in South Carolina and was named one of the 'Top Ten Winter Marathons' by USA Today. [1]

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The marathon course, which the half marathon follows for the first 12.1 miles, has a maximum elevation of 19.98 ft and a total ascent of 110.02 ft. The Myrtle Beach Marathon was ranked is the 8th most likely marathon to qualify for the Boston Marathon with 16.1% of the marathon field earning their ticket to Boston in 2016. [2]

The race was moved from Washington's Birthday to March in 2016, and in 2017 became part of Raleigh, North Carolina–based Capstone Events, which owns events such as the Bay to Breakers event. The 2021 marathon was moved to May and became the first marathon in the state after the pandemic. The 24th Myrtle Beach Marathon will take place on March 5, 2022.

List of winners of the Myrtle Beach Marathon

Sources: [3] [4]

Men's

YearWinnerCountryTimeNotes
1998Rob WilderFlag of the United States.svg United States2:30:30Inaugural All Star Cafe Marathon [5]
1999Javier Jimenez (MEX)Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico2:29:47
2000Peter CotlandFlag of the United States.svg United States2:28:46
2001Michael ColaicovoFlag of the United States.svg United States2:34:26
2002Peter CotlandFlag of the United States.svg United States2:34:22Second Victory
2003Scott ColfordFlag of the United States.svg United States2:39:52
2004Scott ColfordFlag of the United States.svg United States2:40:11Second Victory
2005Robert MarchinkoFlag of the United States.svg United States2:31:20
2006David KawaFlag of the United States.svg United States2:32:48
2007Scott MullinsFlag of the United States.svg United States2:30:09
2008Garick HillFlag of the United States.svg United States2:28:33
2009Cameron BellFlag of the United States.svg United States2:34:12
2011Billy ShueFlag of the United States.svg United States2:43:47Not race winner.
2012Stuart MoranFlag of the United States.svg United States2:26:24Course Record
2013Dean ThompsonFlag of the United States.svg United States2:39:14
2014Tom CliffordFlag of the United States.svg United States2:30:06
2015Steve SinkoFlag of the United States.svg United States2:40:12
2016Bradley ReachFlag of the United States.svg United States2:39:51
2017Pedro MerazFlag of the United States.svg United States2:45:30First race under Capstone Races.
2018Eddie PoseyFlag of the United States.svg United States2:43:16 [6]
2019Glenn BurkhardtFlag of the United States.svg United States2:42:41 [7]
2020Matthew LeonardFlag of the United States.svg United States2:36:15 [8]
2021Ken RideoutFlag of the United States.svg United States2:30:58Moved to May because of Pandemic. Masters Division (49 years 364 days) [9]
2022Matthew LeonardFlag of the United States.svg United States2:40:18 [10]
2023Danny HorganFlag of the United States.svg United States2:38:26 [11]

Women's

YearWinnerCountryTimeNotes
1998Patty LogginsFlag of the United States.svg United States3:01:59
1999Mary ChuteFlag of the United States.svg United States2:55:42
2000Patty ShepardFlag of the United States.svg United States3:00:26
2001Heather KempingerFlag of the United States.svg United States2:55:34
2002Wendi RayFlag of the United States.svg United States2:47:59
2003Sherry ThompsonFlag of the United States.svg United States2:57:30
2004Christine RockeyFlag of the United States.svg United States3:04:35
2005Luanne CoulterFlag of the United States.svg United States2:52:03
2006Luanne CoulterFlag of the United States.svg United States2:55:51Second Victory
2007Tracy StewartFlag of the United States.svg United States2:55:50
2008Gayle WhiteFlag of the United States.svg United States2:49:04
2009Elizabeth WhitingFlag of the United States.svg United States2:56:19
2011Kathleen CastlesFlag of the United States.svg United States2:40:11Course Record; Overall winner
2012Jennifer AdamsFlag of the United States.svg United States2:53:07
2013Regina HorakFlag of the United States.svg United States2:54:20
2014Christine ShawFlag of the United States.svg United States2:58:38
2015Allison PastorekFlag of the United States.svg United States2:59:21
2016Lauren LiuzzoFlag of the United States.svg United States3:02:58
2017Erin MillerFlag of the United States.svg United States2:58:33
2018Jen HelmerFlag of the United States.svg United States3:09:27
2019Erin MillerFlag of the United States.svg United States3:03:53Second win.
2020Heather ZealandFlag of the United States.svg United States2:57:44
2021Kelli ProctorFlag of the United States.svg United States2:52:45Moved to May because of pandemic. Masters division (age 43).
2022Megan Hepp HovisFlag of the United States.svg United States2:56:29
2023Christa CollinsFlag of the United States.svg United States2:58:40

No race in 2010 (ice)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "10 great places to warm up with a winter marathon". USA Today.
  2. ↑ "Boston Marathon Qualifying Races - Most Likely and Largest Qualifiers". Marathon Guide.
  3. ↑ "Myrtle Beach Marathon - Past Results".
  4. ↑ "Myrtle Beach Marathon - 2017 Results".
  5. ↑ "Myrtle Beach Marathon".
  6. ↑ "Myrtle Beach Marathon 2018 Results".
  7. ↑ "Myrtle Beach Marathon 2019 Results".
  8. ↑ "2020 Dashboard".
  9. ↑ "Results".
  10. ↑ "Myrtle Beach Marathon 2022 Results".
  11. ↑ "Myrtle Beach Marathon 2023 Results".


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