Asheville to get First Downtown Marathon
From the Asheville Citizen Times on May 15, 2012:
The 13-year-old Asheville Citizen-Times Half Marathon will expand to include a full marathon in September 2013, bringing in thousands of runners and spectators and an impressive boost to the economy, race director Greg Duff announced Monday.“This will be a national race,” Duff said. “Asheville is a destination, and you throw in a marathon, and you have a destination experience.”
The total field is expected to be 8,000 runners, with a cap of 6,500 half- and full-marathon runners, and 1,500 runners in the 5K event.
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