The 2021 Cleveland Marathon will take place Oct. 23-24. Author: Ben Axelrod Updated: 11:30 AM EDT May 24, 2021
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After announcing in March that it would be postponed due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the 2021 Union Home Mortgage Cleveland Marathon has a new date.
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On Monday, the event announced that it will be holding its annual races on Oct. 23-Oct 24 later this year.
In a release, the marathon said that it has been working with the City of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County and the State of Ohio on safety protocols for the event dating back to last summer. The marathon has also partnered with University Hospitals Sports Medicine in an effort to develop guidelines to hold an event that is safe for all who participate.
By Julie Holiday
May 24, 2021
CLEVELAND – (May 24, 2021) – The Union Home Mortgage Cleveland Marathon announced today that the 2021 in-person race will be held Oct. 23-24 and will return to downtown Cleveland.
The marathon team is committed to holding a safe in-person event and has been working closely with health officials at the City of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County and the State of Ohio since the summer of 2020 to do so.
“We are thrilled to have a date for our in-person event and can’t wait to welcome our runners, volunteers and spectators back to Cleveland,” said Jack Staph, executive director of the Union Home Mortgage Cleveland Marathon. “We remain confident in our health and safety plan that has been developed with local and state health officials and University Hospitals, and we thank our runners for their patience and understanding.”
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Challenge Series (includes 5K/Half Marathon, 5K/Full Marathon, 10K/Half Marathon, 10K/Full Marathon). The races must be run two consecutive days (one distance per day).
The marathon encourages runners to document their training, progress and results on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter and to use hashtag
#IConqueredMyLand. Runners can also submit their results from May 15-20 when they complete their events and can upload a finisher’s photo if they choose. The link to post results will be live on www.clevelandmarathon.com beginning May 15.
“Races across the country – and around the world – have pivoted and adjusted to the pandemic by postponing in-person events and offering virtual options, and we are no exception,” said Jack Staph, executive director of the Union Home Mortgage Cleveland Marathon. “COVID has changed many aspects of our lives as a whole. Social distancing has brought us closer together in many respects, and the same is true with virtual races. Frie
Apr 18, 2021
Steven Rojas was ready. He had already started the program of long runs, track workouts, and tempo efforts prescribed by Brooklyn Track Club in anticipation of running the 2020 New York Marathon.
Then the novel coronavirus hit. Organizers cancelled the 26.2-mile (42.1-kilometer) race that famously winds through all five New York boroughs; later they announced it would be held on Nov. 7, 2021, a date that will mark its 50th running. But uncertainty still hangs for the 30,000-plus runners entered to participate this year; in an email, a spokesperson from New York Road Runners Club the entity that organizes the marathon said that those chosen for a bib will be announced later this year.
Hannah Elliott, Bloomberg News Runners on treadmills at the Mile High Run Club. Photographer: Cait Oppermann/Bloomberg , Photographer: Katharine Lotze/Getty Images North America
(Bloomberg) Steven Rojas was ready. He had already started the program of long runs, track workouts, and tempo efforts prescribed by Brooklyn Track Club in anticipation of running the 2020 New York Marathon.
Then the novel coronavirus hit. Organizers cancelled the 26.2-mile race that famously winds through all five New York boroughs; later they announced it would be held on Nov. 7, 2021, a date that will mark its 50th running. But uncertainty still hangs for the 50,000-plus runners who entered to participate this year; in an email, a spokesperson from New York Road Runners Club, the entity that organizes the marathon, said that those chosen for a bib will be announced later this year.Â