May 3, 2009 was a big Sunday for marathons all across the United States. The 2009 Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon, the 2009 Pittsburgh Marathon, the Eugene Marathon in Oregon, the 2009 Lincoln Marathon in a Nebraska, and the 2009 Orange County Marathon in Newport Beach Southern California, were all run on this Sunday.
It’s Marathon Saturday in Music City. This morning, seven thousand five hundred marathon runners, and twenty five thousand half marathon runners, take to the streets of Nashville, on a course that runs through downtown Nashville, with a finish line at LP Field. A hundred thousand cheering fans line the streets as 2009 Country Music Marathon participants pass by, making their way through Nashville, with 50 musical bands playing on 27 entertainment stages along the way. Hundreds of high school cheerleaders motivate marathon participants to the finish line, and a post race country music concert follows Saturday night.
Universal Sports will be broadcasting the 2009 London Marathon live this Sunday beginning at 9am Eastern Time (6am on the West Coast). Live coverage of the 26.2 mile long distance running event will be on TV and live online as well. Men’s and women’s marathon gold medalists from the Beijing Olympic Games headline the field as Universal Sports presents live online and same-day television coverage of the 2009 Flora London Marathon, part of the World Marathon Majors series.
By Michael Dorausch, D.C. The 2009 Boston Marathon runs on Monday (420), April 20th, with some 25,000 plus people be taking to the streets, testing their will against Heartbreak Hill (mile 20ish), and racing to the finish line in historic Boston. It’s one of the few US marathons taking place on a Monday, instead of
The 113th Boston Marathon takes place Monday, April 20, 2009. Like many marathons we’ve covered in the past, we’ve researched what runners and spectators most commonly seek, and have organized a basic guide to start times, maps & routes, live TV & Internet coverage, and other details related to the Boston Marathon 2009 race.
May 3, 2009 was a big Sunday for marathons all across the United States. The 2009 Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon, the 2009 Pittsburgh Marathon, the Eugene Marathon in Oregon, the 2009 Lincoln Marathon in a Nebraska, and the 2009 Orange County Marathon in Newport Beach Southern California, were all run on this Sunday.
It’s Marathon Saturday in Music City. This morning, seven thousand five hundred marathon runners, and twenty five thousand half marathon runners, take to the streets of Nashville, on a course that runs through downtown Nashville, with a finish line at LP Field. A hundred thousand cheering fans line the streets as 2009 Country Music Marathon participants pass by, making their way through Nashville, with 50 musical bands playing on 27 entertainment stages along the way. Hundreds of high school cheerleaders motivate marathon participants to the finish line, and a post race country music concert follows Saturday night.
Universal Sports will be broadcasting the 2009 London Marathon live this Sunday beginning at 9am Eastern Time (6am on the West Coast). Live coverage of the 26.2 mile long distance running event will be on TV and live online as well. Men’s and women’s marathon gold medalists from the Beijing Olympic Games headline the field as Universal Sports presents live online and same-day television coverage of the 2009 Flora London Marathon, part of the World Marathon Majors series.
By Michael Dorausch, D.C. The 2009 Boston Marathon runs on Monday (420), April 20th, with some 25,000 plus people be taking to the streets, testing their will against Heartbreak Hill (mile 20ish), and racing to the finish line in historic Boston. It’s one of the few US marathons taking place on a Monday, instead of
The 113th Boston Marathon takes place Monday, April 20, 2009. Like many marathons we’ve covered in the past, we’ve researched what runners and spectators most commonly seek, and have organized a basic guide to start times, maps & routes, live TV & Internet coverage, and other details related to the Boston Marathon 2009 race.