Mexico City Marathon - CDMX Marathon
What is a Marathon?
The marathon is a long-distance race with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres (approximately 26 miles 385 yards), usually run as a road race. The event was instituted in commemoration of the fabled run of the Greek soldier Pheidippides, a messenger from the Battle of Marathon to Athens, who reported the victory. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair divisions.
The marathon was one of the original modern Olympic events in 1896, though the distance did not become standardized until 1921. More than 800 marathons are held throughout the world each year, with the vast majority of competitors being recreational athletes, as larger marathons can have tens of thousands of participants.
Editions:
2017, 2018 and 2019
Best Time:
5:48:46
City, Country:
Mexico City, Mexico
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About:
Maraton de Ciudad de Mexico CDMX
The Mexico City Marathon (Spanish: Maratón Internacional de la Ciudad de México) is an annual road running event over the marathon distance 42.19 kilometres (26.22 mi) which is held on the streets of Mexico City in late August or early September that in 2018 received IAAF Gold Label Status.
The race was established in 1983 at a time of growing interest in marathons in the country – the Independencia Marathon had been launched three years earlier and the Monterrey Marathon had been run over the full distance in 1982. The winner of the first women’s race, María del Carmen Cárdenas, later became one of the first female Olympic marathon runners for Mexico. The competition was mostly national in nature until the turn of the 21st century, when more elite international runners began to compete, and win, at the race. Eileen Claugus of the United States was the first foreign winner in 1987, and Ethiopia’s Tesfaye Tafa became the first male foreign winner two years later. Since 2002 only one Mexican man has won the race, and no Mexican woman has won since 2010.
