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Blue Angel Marathon

Feb 23, 2002

Organizer`s website

Where

Pensacola, FL, United States

Start time

08:00

Distances

Marathon

Sub-events

26.2

Marathon

February 23, 2002 Saturday

Distance: Marathon·Start time: 08:00

MarathonPoint to pointWheelchair race

Race Results

Top 3

1. JESSE BLANTON 02:34:20

2. SCOTT FANNING 02:43:57

3. MICHAEL GREEN 02:47:48

Top 3 Women

1. CHRISTINE GANZ 03:18:12

2. CORINNE JUA MORALES 03:20:00

3. MIMI STEWARD 03:24:49

Top 3 Men

1. JESSE BLANTON 02:34:20

2. SCOTT FANNING 02:43:57

3. MICHAEL GREEN 02:47:48

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Jesse Blanton arrived at the start of the Blue Angel Marathon on Saturday having forgotten his running shoes. He dashed and found a vendor willing to give him shoes with a promise of payment at the end of the race. Blanton went on to win in 2:34:20, and the vendor got his money.

General News Pensacola News Journal

Feb 24, 2002

Runner makes Blue Angel his 248th marathon

Hajime Nishi, 53, holds the world record for running marathons on all seven continents in a 168-day period in 1997, and now will add another marathon to his long list of races at the Blue Angel.

General News News Journal

Feb 25, 2002