Washington's Birthday Marathon

Washington's Birthday Marathon is an annual marathon in the United States that has been held nearly every February since 1962.

It is held each year on the Sunday of Washington's Birthday Weekend and is conducted by the DC Road Runners Club.

The race was originally held in Arlington, Virginia, but after a few years, it was moved to Beltsville, Maryland. Finally, it was relocated to Greenbelt, Maryland. The Greenbelt course started and finished at the recreation center of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and consisted of three loops around the Beltsville Agricultural Research Farm. When NASA permanently closed access between the rec center and Good Hope Road, the race start was moved to Duvall High School, and finally to the Greenbelt Youth Center. The race continues to consist of three loops on the farm.^[1]

A three-person relay is also held at the same time.

Past winners[]

• Note: While the Washington's Birthday Marathon started in 1962, it was not until 1971 that women's finishes were recorded. In 1972 no female time was recorded. The marathon was cancelled in 2003, 2010, 2014, and 2015.
• Source: Winners archive compiled by Jack Leydig, Juraj Gasparovic, George Banker, and Jay Jacob Wind.^[2]

Key:   Course record

Edition	Year	Men's winner	Time (h:m:s)	Women's winner	Time (h:m:s)
1st	1962	(USA)	2:32:44
2nd	1963	Lou Castagnola (USA)	2:35:18
3rd	1964	(USA)	2:32:40
4th	1965	(USA)	2:33:45
5th	1966	(USA)	2:25:01
6th	1967	Lou Castagnola (USA)	2:22:45
7th	1968	Lou Castagnola (USA)	2:33:11
8th	1969	(USA)	2:27:48
9th	1970	(USA)	2:27:27
10th	1971	Jack Fultz (USA)	2:28:58	(USA)	3:43:01
11th	1972	(USA)	2:30:52
12th	1973	(USA)	2:24:17	(USA)	3:57:40
13th	1974	Sheldon Karlin (USA)	2:26:59	Katherine Switzer (USA)	3:14:40
14th	1975	(USA)	2:24:30	Marilyn Bevans (USA)	3:04:32
15th	1976	(USA)	2:26:40	(USA)	3:25:40
16th	1977	Max White (USA)	2:27:21	(USA)	3:07:00
17th	1978	(USA)	2:22:14	(USA)	3:09:30
18th	1979	(USA)	2:26:41	(USA)	3:09:39
19th	1980	(USA)	2:26:32	(USA)	3:06:52
20th	1981	(USA)	2:28:38	(USA)	3:01:28
21st	1982	(USA)	2:26:19	(USA)	3:07:58
22nd	1983	(USA)	2:26:22	Bunki Bankaitis-Davis (USA)	3:03:10
23rd	1984	(GBR)	2:35:06	(USA)	3:15:42
24th	1985	(USA)	2:34:16	(USA)	3:07:19
25th	1986	(USA)	2:30:52	(USA)	3:14:12
26th	1987	(USA)	2:28:59	(USA)	3:09:13
27th	1988	(USA)	2:28:18	(USA)	2:53:29
28th	1989	John McGrail (USA)	2:30:25	(USA)	3:07:25
29th	1990	(USA)	2:41:48	(USA)	3:11:04
30th	1991	(USA)	2:39:34	(USA)	3:30:07
31st	1992	(USA)	2:40:13	(USA)	3:14:33
32nd	1993	(USA)	2:46:46	(USA)	3:13:17
33rd	1994	(USA)	2:37:54	(USA)	3:02:19
34th	1995	(USA)	2:46:41	(USA)	3:11:29
35th	1996	(USA)	2:43:25	(USA)	3:25:54
36th	1997	(USA)	2:43:23	(USA)	3:27:50
37th	1998	(USA)	2:37:44	(USA)	3:18:31
38th	1999	(USA)	2:44:30	(USA)	3:09:30
39th	2000	(USA)	2:57:57	(USA)	3:29:12
40th	2001	(USA)	2:44:14	(USA)	3:33:22
41st	2002	(USA)	2:51:20	(USA)	3:35:24
43rd	2004	(USA)	3:10:10	(USA)	3:18:34
44th	2005	(USA)	2:49:25	(USA)	3:18:12
45th	2006	(GER)	2:57:57	(USA)	3:28:33
46th	2007	(USA)	2:53:21	(USA)	3:30:22
47th	2008	(USA)	2:42:15	(USA)	3:17:42
48th	2009	(USA)	2:51:31	(USA)	3:10:32
49th	2010	(cancelled because of snow)
50th	2011	(USA)	2:46:46	(USA)	3:30:45
51st	2012	(USA)	2:47:13	(USA)	3:32:22
52nd	2013	(USA)	3:08:43	(USA)	3:35:02
53rd	2014	(cancelled because of snow)
54th	2015	(USA) (cut to 9.7 miles because of snow)	1:04:33	Brenda Hodge (USA)	1:10:38
55th	2016	Stephen Varney (USA)	3:02:49	(USA)	3:54:16
56th	2017	(USA)	2:58:04	(USA)	3:28:20
57th	2018	(USA)	2:41:16	(USA)	3:04:32

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• 2008 website

Coordinates: 39°0′21″N 76°52′49″W / 39.00583°N 76.88028°W / 39.00583; -76.88028

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