The Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon is an annual marathon foot-race run in

Knoxville Knoxville is a city in and the county seat of Knox County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States census, Knoxville's population was 190,740, making it the largest city in the East Tennessee Grand Division and the state' ...

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, USA, established in 2005. A prize fund of $10,000 is distributed between the top finishers in the marathon and half marathon.

History

The race was established in 2005 and has been run annually ever since. The 2020 in-person edition of the race was cancelled due to the

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, with all registrants given the option of running the race virtually, transferring their entry to 2021 or 2022, or obtaining a refund.

Course

The course starts in Downtown Knoxville at Clinch Ave. bridge near the Knoxville Convention Center in the shadows of the

Sunsphere The Sunsphere located in World’s Fair Park in downtown Knoxville, Tennessee, is a high hexagonal steel truss structure, topped with a gold-colored glass sphere that served as the symbol of the 1982 World's Fair. Design Designed by the Knox ...

. The race boasted a unique finish, ending on the 50 yard line of the

University of Tennessee The University of Tennessee (officially The University of Tennessee, Knoxville; or UT Knoxville; UTK; or UT) is a public land-grant research university in Knoxville, Tennessee. Founded in 1794, two years before Tennessee became the 16th state ...

Neyland Stadium Neyland Stadium ( ), is a sports stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. It serves primarily as the home of the Tennessee Volunteers football team, but is also used to host large conventions and has been a site for several National Foot ...

, from 2005 to 2018. In 2019, the finish line was changed to World's Fair Park due to stadium renovations and this remains the finish line today. The course time limit is 7 hours.

Winners

Notes

References

External links

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