Treviso Marathon
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The Treviso Marathon is an annual road running
event which is held in March in the area around the Province of Treviso
in Italy
.
The Treviso Marathon was launched in 2004 and an initiative where any runner completing the distance under six hours received free entrance saw the race attract over 3000 runners, placing it as the fifth largest marathon in Italy that year. The race continued to attract large numbers of runners after its inaugural edition and over 3700 people finished the 4th edition of the race in 2007.
The event played host to the Italian championship race for the first time in 2009, with Italians Migidio Bourifa
and Laura Giordano claiming both the race titles and national titles.
The course has a point-to-point format, beginning at Via Cavour near Viale della Vittoria in Vittorio Veneto
and finishing within the city of Treviso
at Porta San Tommaso in Piazza del Grano. Along its very flat, southerly route, it passes the towns of Conegliano
, Susegana
, Nervesa della Battaglia
, Spresiano
and Villorba
. The course is certified by the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races
.
The race attracts domestic elite level marathon runners, other European athletes and also Moroccan, Ethiopian and Kenyan runners. The course records were set in 2007, with Benjamin Pseret holding the men's best time of 2:10:18 and Shitaye Gemechu holding the women's record of 2:28:03 hours.
Road running
Road running is the sport of running on a measured course over an established road . These events would be classified as long distance according to athletics terminology, with distances typically ranging from 5 kilometers to 42.2 kilometers in the marathon. They may involve large numbers of runners...
event which is held in March in the area around the Province of Treviso
Province of Treviso
The Province of Treviso is a province in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Treviso.The province has an area of 2,477 km², and a total population of 886.886 . There are 95 municipalities in the province .-Municipalities:-External links:*...
in Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
.
The Treviso Marathon was launched in 2004 and an initiative where any runner completing the distance under six hours received free entrance saw the race attract over 3000 runners, placing it as the fifth largest marathon in Italy that year. The race continued to attract large numbers of runners after its inaugural edition and over 3700 people finished the 4th edition of the race in 2007.
The event played host to the Italian championship race for the first time in 2009, with Italians Migidio Bourifa
Migidio Bourifa
Migidio Bourifa is an Italian long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon races.He formerly competed for Morocco.He finished tenth in the marathon at the 2002 European Championships...
and Laura Giordano claiming both the race titles and national titles.
The course has a point-to-point format, beginning at Via Cavour near Viale della Vittoria in Vittorio Veneto
Vittorio Veneto
Vittorio Veneto is a city and comune situated in the Province of Treviso, in the region of Veneto, Italy, in the northeast of the Italian peninsula, between the Piave and the Livenza rivers.-Geography:...
and finishing within the city of Treviso
Treviso
Treviso is a city and comune in Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Treviso and the municipality has 82,854 inhabitants : some 3,000 live within the Venetian walls or in the historical and monumental center, some 80,000 live in the urban center proper, while the city...
at Porta San Tommaso in Piazza del Grano. Along its very flat, southerly route, it passes the towns of Conegliano
Conegliano
Conegliano is a town and comune of the Veneto region, Italy, in the province of Treviso, about north by rail from the town of Treviso. The population of the city is of around 36,000 people. The remains of a castle that was built in the 10th century remain on a nearby hill...
, Susegana
Susegana
Susegana is a comune in the Province of Treviso in the Italian region Veneto, located about north of Venice and about north of Treviso.-History:...
, Nervesa della Battaglia
Nervesa della Battaglia
Nervesa della Battaglia is a comune in the Province of Treviso in the Italian region Veneto, located about 45 km north of Venice and about 20 km north of Treviso....
, Spresiano
Spresiano
Spresiano is a comune in the Province of Treviso in the Italian region Veneto, located about 40 km north of Venice and about 13 km north of Treviso...
and Villorba
Villorba
Villorba is a comune in the Province of Treviso in the Italian region Veneto, located about 35 km north of Venice and about 8 km north of Treviso....
. The course is certified by the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races
Association of International Marathons and Distance Races
The Association of International Marathons and Distance Races, also known as AIMS, is an association of long-distance running races. Originally founded in 1982 at a meeting in London of marathon race directors, its membership was extended in 1986 to include all road races...
.
The race attracts domestic elite level marathon runners, other European athletes and also Moroccan, Ethiopian and Kenyan runners. The course records were set in 2007, with Benjamin Pseret holding the men's best time of 2:10:18 and Shitaye Gemechu holding the women's record of 2:28:03 hours.
Past winners
Key:| Edition | Year | Men's winner | Time (h Hour The hour is a unit of measurement of time. In modern usage, an hour comprises 60 minutes, or 3,600 seconds... :m Minute A minute is a unit of measurement of time or of angle. The minute is a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour or 60 seconds. In the UTC time scale, a minute on rare occasions has 59 or 61 seconds; see leap second. The minute is not an SI unit; however, it is accepted for use with SI units... :s Second The second is a unit of measurement of time, and is the International System of Units base unit of time. It may be measured using a clock.... ) |
Women's winner | Time (h Hour The hour is a unit of measurement of time. In modern usage, an hour comprises 60 minutes, or 3,600 seconds... :m Minute A minute is a unit of measurement of time or of angle. The minute is a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour or 60 seconds. In the UTC time scale, a minute on rare occasions has 59 or 61 seconds; see leap second. The minute is not an SI unit; however, it is accepted for use with SI units... :s Second The second is a unit of measurement of time, and is the International System of Units base unit of time. It may be measured using a clock.... ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2004 | 2:11:48 | 2:37:58 | ||
| 2nd | 2005 | 2:11:37 | 2:40:53 | ||
| 3rd | 2006 | 2:10:34 | 2:28:31 | ||
| 4th | 2007 | 2:10:18 | 2:28:03 | ||
| 5th | 2008 | 2:13:27 | 2:28:36 | ||
| 6th | 2009 | 2:14:14 | 2:35:36 | ||
| 7th | 2010 | 2:12:49 | 2:33:09 | ||
| 8th | 2011 | 2:13:57 | 2:36:14 |