Omaha Marathon Omaha Marathon The Omaha Marathon is an annual marathon held in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. The 2010 marathon was the 35th edition, meaning that the race was first run in 1975. The event is a qualification event for the Boston Marathon. Today, runners have the option of running a half-marathon or 10 kilometers instead. The 2010 race was held on September 26 and there were 608 finishers. On May 1, 2013, it was announced that the previously all-volunteer, non-profit race would be taken over by HITS, Inc. and made part of the HITS Running Festivals. The route has 17 miles
1977 London-Sydney Marathon 1977 London-Sydney Marathon The 1977 London-Sydney Marathon, officially Singapore Airlines London-Sydney Rally was the second running of the London-Sydney Marathon. The rally took place between the 14th of August and the 27th of September 1977. The event covered 19,000 miles (30,000km) through Europe, Asia and Australia. It was won by Andrew Cowan, Colin Malkin and Mike Broad, driving a Mercedes-Benz 280E. The success of the 1968 London-Sydney Marathon would inspired Australian advertising publicist Wylton Dickson, who had no previous links to rallying to organised the World Cup Rally, which took place in 1970 and again in 1974. But following the