2014 Commonwealth Games Marathon Course races. 2014 Commonwealth Games Marathon Course The 2014 Commonwealth Games Marathon Course is the route around Glasgow city that will be used for both the women's and men's marathons in the 2014 Commonwealth Games. The route was revealed by the games' organising committee on Friday 7 February 2014. The races will each make two laps of the course, which starts and finishes at Glasgow Green in the very centre of the city, and will run for 26 miles and 385 yards (42.195 km). The route will pass many of Glasgow's best known landmarks, and provide free spectator access to watch
Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon Kolehmainen is recognized as having set a new world best with a time of 2:32:35.8 hours. Although the course distance was officially reported to be 42,750 meters/26.56 miles, the Association of Road Racing Statisticians estimated the course to be only 40 km. Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon The men's marathon event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The distance of this race was 42.75 kilometres. The competition was held on Sunday, 22 August 1920. 48 runners from 17 nations competed. The weather during the race has been described