Posted: April 19, 2007

Athletics (RRW): Marathon Registration News - Honolulu Opens, Chicago Closesa

From David Monti © 2007 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved RaceResultsWeekly.com The Honolulu Marathon announced that it had opened on-line registration this week, while the LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon announced that it had closed theirs. Honolulu, the third largest marathon in the United States and the sixth largest in the world with 24,575 finishers in 2006, will hold its 35th edition on Sunday, Dec. 9. According to spokesman Pat Bigold, 5,730 athletes had already entered. Registration can be accessed on-line at http://www.honolulumarathon.org. Chicago, the second largest marathon in the world with 32,995 finishers in 2006, reported that they had reached their entry cap of 45,000 runners, a 5,000 increase over 2006. It will be the 30th edition of the event which has been the venue for the fastest marathon times ever recorded for men and women in the United States: 2:05:42 by Khalid Khannouchi in 1999 and 2:17:18 by Paula Radcliffe in 2002. "We have enjoyed a wonderful and colorful history with this race and are humbled by the increasing enthusiasm that welcomes it year after year, said Executive Race Director, Carey Pinkowski, in a press release. A limited number of entries are still available for the Chicago race through one of the event's 85 charity partners, affiliated international tour groups or the Chicago Area Runners Association (CARA). More information can be obtained at http://www.chicagomarathon.com STATISTICAL SPOTLIGHT: World's Largest Marathons (2006 finishers) ING New York City: 37,866 (largest marathon ever in history) LaSalle Bank Chicago: 32,995 Flora London: 32,974 Paris: 30,646 real, Berlin: 30,118 Honolulu: 24,575 Subscribe to the Runner's Web Weekly Digest