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Runners head down Broadway during the start of the St. Jude Rock 'n' Roll Marathon and Half Marathon in Nashville, Tenn., Saturday, April 22, 2023. Running industry is booming
From Ironmans to ultra marathons, working out has gotten more intense than ever.
The marathon is followed by an evening country music concert. [a] Nashville is a major center for the music industry, especially country music, and is commonly known as "Music City" [1] The Rock 'n' Roll Marathon is a qualifying event for the Boston Marathon. [b] It is owned by Advance Publications as part of the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon Series.
For the first time since 2019 the St. Jude Rock 'n' Roll Nashville Marathon will return to its normal date Saturday. Here's what to know.
The Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey Marathon is a 26.2-mile (42.2 km) road race in Percy Warner Park, the larger of the Warner Parks in Nashville, Tennessee. [1] It was created to be among the top five most difficult road marathons in the United States, and was designed to be somewhat anti-establishment and grassroots in character. [2]
In 2008, the Competitor Group took over Elite Racing, the company that had been organizing the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon. The following year, 2009, an internal audit revealed that the charity in whose name the race had been run, Elite Racing Foundation for Children, Education & Medical Research, had been improperly commingling funds with the for-profit Elite Racing.
I have run multiple half-marathons, ran a full marathon for my pre-40 bucket list in 2016, and regularly participated in different 5K runs both in my time in Florida and when I moved to Tennessee ...
Many factors combined to build momentum for the boom in the United States. Media coverage was responsive and supportive of the boom. Notable publications included: Runner's World magazine, launched in 1966 and became a monthly in 1973. Competitors included Running, The Runner and Running Times, which eventually merged in various forms.