Des Moines Marathon

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The IMT Des Moines Marathon is a marathon held annually in downtown Des Moines, Iowa. It serves as a qualifier for the Boston Marathon.

Race weekend features the Mercy Live Up Loop 5-Mile Run & 1-Mile Walk and Mercy Children's Hospital & Clinics 1-Mile Youth Run and Jingle Jog on Saturday followed by the IMT Des Moines Marathon & Half Marathon, Bankers Trust Marathon Relay and Principal 5K Road Race on Sunday.^[1]

All races start and finish in the heart of downtown Des Moines and feature scenic courses boasting the Des Moines skyline, city parks and residential neighborhoods.

"The IMT Des Moines Marathon is all about community; the community of volunteers, race committee, and the great city of Des Moines that embraces this awesome event. The IMT Des Moines Marathon is a perfect size event with 9,000 runners. Large enough that you have plenty of runners to run with but small enough that you feel like you're part of the IMT Des Moines Marathon family," said Bart Yasso, Runner's World Chief Running Officer.

The first running of the marathon was held in 2002. More than 9,000 athletes participated in the 2013 races.

Men's winners[]

Year	Athlete	Country/state	Time	Notes
2002		Kenya	2:22:57
2003		United States	2:26:04
2004		Russia	2:27:34
2005		United States	2:35:57
2006		United States	2:23:36
2007		United States	2:22:57	tied course record
2008	Geoffrey Kiprotich	United States	2:23:55
2009		Kenya	2:24:50	2nd victory
2010		Kenya	2:14:20	course record
2011		Kenya	2:12:54	2nd victory, course record
2012		Kenya	2:16:54	3rd victory
2013		Kenya	2:17:23
2014		Kenya	2:12:19	course record
2015		Kenya	2:21:02	2nd victory
2016		Kenya	2:16:36
2017	Luke Kibet	Kenya	2:21:32
2018		Kenya	2:23:39
2019		Kenya	2:23:01
2020
2021	David Too	Kenya	2:16:19

Women's winners[]

Year	Athlete	Country/state	Time	Notes
2002		United States	2:50:38
2003		United States	2:49:46	2nd victory, female record
2004		United States	2:47:01	female record
2005		United States	2:55:50
2006		United States	2:42:19	female record
2007		United States	3:00:51
2008		United States	2:49:37	2nd victory
2009		United States	2:41:28	2nd victory, female record
2010	Alena Vinitskaya	Belarus	2:41:23	female record
2011		Ethiopia	2:37:55	female record
2012		United States	2:35:01	female record
2013		Russia	2:33:03	female record
2014		Ethiopia	2:32:28	female record
2015		Ethiopia	2:33:00
2016		Kenya	2:34:10
2017		Kenya	2:42:43
2018		Kenya	2:46:19	2nd victory
2019		Ethiopia	2:39:50
2020
2021	Hirut Guangul	Ethiopia	2:36:05	2nd victory

References[]

External links[]

• Official website

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