Fargo Marathon
Encyclopedia
The Fargo Marathon is an annual marathon
in Fargo, North Dakota
. It is sponsored by Scheels All Sports
. The first Fargo Marathon was held in 2005.
Women
Marathon
The marathon is a long-distance running event with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres , that is usually run as a road race...
in Fargo, North Dakota
Fargo, North Dakota
Fargo is the largest city in the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat of Cass County. In 2010, its population was 105,549, and it had an estimated metropolitan population of 208,777...
. It is sponsored by Scheels All Sports
Scheels All Sports
Scheels All Sports is a privately held, employee owned and operated sporting goods and entertainment chain store headquartered in Fargo, North Dakota. Scheels operates 24 store locations in nine U.S. states. Their slogan is Gear. Passion. Sports....
. The first Fargo Marathon was held in 2005.
Marathons
- 2005: 707 finishers (2,500 participants all races including 5k fun run/walk)
- 2006: 982 finishers (6,000 participants all races including 5k fun run/walk)
- 2007: 1,196 finishers (8,100 participants all races including 5k fun run/walk)
- 2008: 1,427 finishers (13,000 participants all races including 5k fun run/walk)
- 2009: 1,272 finishers (15,000 participants all races including 5k fun run/walk)
- 2010: 1,878 finishers
Marathon Winners
Men- 2005 Scott Jansky 2:31:17
- 2006 Chad Wallin 2:31:49 Minot, ND, USA
- 2007 Chad Wallin 2:31:20 Tucson, AZ, USA
- 2008 Eric Sondag 2:30:34
- 2009 Pete Gilman 2:24:33
- 2010 Chris Erichsen 2:19:55 St. Paul, MN, USA
Women
- 2005 Cindy Lewandowski 3:16:29
- 2006 Meg Grindall 3:04:45 Fargo, ND, USA
- 2007 Valerie Gortmaker 2:50:00 Omaha, NE, USA
- 2008 Andrea McGehee 3:08:41
- 2009 Nicole Cueno 2:53:15
- 2010 Leah Thorvilson 2:41:52