FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Portland Marathon Prepares For Largest Event To Date On Oct. 4
PORTLAND, Ore. - 25 Sept. 2009 - This October 2, 3, and 4, runners and
walkers from all 50 states, and from 21 foreign countries, will fill the
streets of downtown Portland for the 38th Annual Portland Marathon. Nearly
10,000 marathoners are expected to attend, 58% of which will be women.
Additionally, more than 4,500 volunteers will help produce this year's
Portland Marathon.
The Portland Marathon creates a $20 million economic impact on the Portland
Area, and is one of the city's largest events. For the last three years,
the event has been considered Portland's largest "convention." The Portland
Marathon events include:
26.2-mile marathon run and walk;
Kaiser Permanente 5-mile run;
10 km Mayor's walk, which Mayor Sam Adams will attend;
3 satellite half marathons on Iraq military bases for OR and WA based
troops;
Kids' 2-mile marafun;
Two-day Sports Authority Sports & Fitness Expo;
Pasta dinner party; post-event awards part; three-day national event
directors' college.
The Portland Marathon is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and an Oregon
nonprofit corporation. Each year more than $150,000 is donated by the
Portland Marathon to over 100 local non-profits, school groups, sport
teams, and other charities. With the help of the event, charities also
raise about $2 million.
This year, over the 26.2-mile course, the Portland Marathon will feature 76
bands and entertainers at 61 venues. This is just one of the features that
makes the Portland Marathon unique to other distance-running events in the
country. The Portland Marathon is ranked as one of the top ten largest
marathons in the United States, and among the top 10 distance-running
events in the world by Runner's World. The publication also named the event
one of the "best organized" and "greenest" marathons in the country.
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