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Rock 'n' Roll Marathon

Jun 03, 2012

3.3

Where

San Diego, CA, United States

Start time

09:00

Distances

Marathon

Sub-events

26.2

Marathon

June 03, 2012 Sunday

Distance: Marathon·Start time: 09:00

MarathonPoint to pointWheelchair race

Race Results

Top 3

1. Nixon Machichim 02:10:03

2. Desta Gebrehiwot 02:10:13

3. Tesfaye Sendeku 02:11:17

Top 3 Women

1. Alevtina Ivanova 02:27:44

2. Meseret Legesse 02:28:00

3. Woynishet Girma 02:33:59

Top 3 Men

1. Nixon Machichim 02:10:03

2. Desta Gebrehiwot 02:10:13

3. Tesfaye Sendeku 02:11:17

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Reviews

3.3

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By: Dan N.

Posted: June 14, 2022

It's a tough one!

This was my 20th marathon and maybe my toughest one yet. I obviously checked out the elevation chart prior to the race and thought other than the big hill at mile 22/23, the rest of the course was fairly level&it's not. This is one tough course! The first half had more hills than I was expecting. The crowd support for the first half was good, but not great. Miles 14 through 21 are a lot of running on trails, with little or no crowd support, so it starts getting lonely. Then of course comes THE HILL at around mile 22/23& makes Heartbreak Hill look like a bunny hill! I thought I was ready for it, but it was brutal. Once you get to the top of THE HILL, the last 3 miles were great. San Diego is such a great town, with so many great little neighborhoods. I think if they would incorporate more of the neighborhoods into the course, they could design a much better course, which would also lead to better crowd support.

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General News

Dec 13, 2012

Kenyan Man, Russian Woman Win Rock And Roll Marathon

Kenya's Nixon Machichim won the Rock and Roll Marathon in San Diego with a time of 2 hours 10 mintues and 3 seconds.

General News U-T San Diego

Jun 03, 2012

2010 Boston Marathon Champion Robert Cheruiyot to Lead Elite Field at 15th Annual Rock 'n' Roll Marathon

Cheruiyot will be fighting some difficult odds in his San Diego debut. One, he still is recovering from a right hip injury that prevented him from running Boston again in April. Secondly, his preparation for the race was disrupted when his luggage was misplaced on the long trip from Nairobi through Amsterdam and Atlanta to San Diego, preventing him from doing his usual workout Friday morning.

General News

Jun 01, 2012

Olympians Keflezighi, Hall and Flanagan Headline Rock 'n' Roll San Diego

Famous for lining race routes with live bands and cheerleaders, the original Rock 'n' Roll San Diego Marathon & ½ Marathon will celebrate its 15th birthday on Sunday, June 3, 2012. The 2012 event will feature half of the six-member U.S. Olympic Marathon team to the same event less than two months before the London Games, securing the men's 1-2 finishers at the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials - Meb Keflezighi and Ryan Hall, respectively - and the women's Olympic Marathon Trials winner Shalane Flanagan for Sunday's Half-Marathon.

General News

May 28, 2012