Guadalajara Marathon | |
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Date | October or November [1] |
Location | Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico |
Event type | Road |
Distance | Marathon |
Established | 1984[1] [a] |
Official site | https://www.maratonguadalajara.org |
The Guadalajara Marathon [b] (also known as the Guadalajara International Marathon [c] or Maratón GDL [3]) is an annual road-based marathon hosted by Guadalajara, Mexico, since 1984. [3] [4] [1] [5] [a] The marathon is a World Athletics Elite Label Road Race and a member of the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races. [2] [6]
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]
The inaugural race was held on 26 February 1984 as a half marathon. [1] It was won by Mexican runner Audón Hernández with a finish time of 1:06:16. [1] [5]
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] [5] 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] [5]
The event was not held in 2011 due to the 2011 Pan American Games being held in the city that October. [1] [7]
The 2020 edition of the race was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. [8] [9]
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Course map of full marathon in 2022 [3] |
The marathon begins at the Hospicio Cabañas and ends at the Palacio Municipal . [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]