The Chevron Houston Marathon and the Aramco Houston Half Marathon have been awarded label status for 2018 by the IAAF. The Chevron Houston Marathon has maintained its IAAF Silver Label Road Race status from 2017 and the Aramco Houston Half Marathon has been elevated to IAAF Gold Label status for exceptional execution of IAAF label criteria at its respective 2017 race.
The Chevron Houston Marathon and the Aramco Houston Half Marathon is one of only two races in the world that holds IAAF Labels in both the marathon and half marathon distances that conducts them on the same race weekend. The Aramco Houston Half Marathon is also the only IAAF Label half marathon in North America, while the Chevron Houston Marathon is one of only four IAAF Label marathons in the U.S – the Boston Marathon, the Chicago Marathon and the New York City Marathon are the other three.
George W. Bush ran in the Houston Marathon at age 46 in 1993, finishing with the time of 3 hours, 44 minutes, 52 seconds.
The 2018 Chevron Houston Marathon and Aramco Houston Half Marathon has a protected cap of 27,000 participants. Of the 27,000-participant field, 13,500 entries are reserved for the marathon and 13,500 for the half marathon.
The 2018 ABB 5K has a cap of 6,000 participants.
- Agrāk noskrien.lv: 2015
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