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Mushroom Mardi Gras Festival and Run (10K and 5K) Saturday of Memorial Weekend May 26, 2012, Mountain View: Mermaid Mountain View Run 5K,10K, Half Marathon ; Human Race 10K, 5K (cancelled as of 2009) Palo Alto: Moonlight Run ; Skyline Ridge 1/2 Marathon, 10K; San Jose: Quicksilver 50 Mile, 50K, 25K; Silicon Valley Turkey Trot
The men's race has been dominated by Kenyans, with 13 wins since the mid-1990s, but Americans are historically strong on the women's side with 17 race wins. The United States has produced the most winners overall, with 25 of the half marathon's winners hailing from the host country. Patrick Muturi of Kenya is the only man to win the race twice.
The race was cancelled in May 2020 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic that moved the Peachtree Road Race to the Thanksgiving date. [12] Between 1981 and 2009, the event also coincided with the Atlanta Marathon, making it the longest distance for a turkey trot in the United States. [13] Kitchener–Waterloo_Oktoberfest 5K Fun Run
The full day of running culminates with the men's and women's Skechers Performance Elite Invitationals, [2] both of which feature professional fields competing for a substantial cash purse. In addition to the 5k races, there is a dedicated event for kids-only, the Junior Carlsbad, [3] with distances ranging from a one mile fun run down to a ...
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.
Hundreds of people have taken part in the annual Santa Dash event on a seafront in East Sussex. Runners dressed as Santa Claus took part in a 5km run, which began at the Peace Statue in Brighton ...
There are several prominent 5K race series, including The Color Run, an international, mass participation, city-based series involving coloured water showers, [11] and the parkrun series, which is a worldwide network of free-to-enter, volunteer-led races occurring each weekend, originating in the United Kingdom. [12] Unlike longer road races ...
Hundreds of San Diego homes and businesses were damaged or ruined in devastating floods after punishing rainfall fell Monday during a 'thousand-year storm.'