Des Moines Marathon

The IMT Des Moines Marathon is a marathon held annually in downtown Des Moines, Iowa. It serves as a qualifier for the Boston Marathon.

Race weekend features the Mercy Live Up Loop 5-Mile Run & 1-Mile Walk and Mercy Children's Hospital & Clinics 1-Mile Youth Run and Jingle Jog on Saturday followed by the IMT Des Moines Marathon & Half Marathon, Bankers Trust Marathon Relay and Principal 5K Road Race on Sunday.

All races start and finish in the heart of downtown Des Moines and feature scenic courses boasting the Des Moines skyline, city parks and residential neighborhoods.

"The IMT Des Moines Marathon is all about community; the community of volunteers, race committee, and the great city of Des Moines that embraces this awesome event. The IMT Des Moines Marathon is a perfect size event with 9,000 runners. Large enough that you have plenty of runners to run with but small enough that you feel like you're part of the IMT Des Moines Marathon family," said Bart Yasso, Runner's World Chief Running Officer.

The first running of the marathon was held in 2002. More than 9,000 athletes participated in the 2013 races.

Men's winners

Year	Athlete	Country/state	Time	Notes
2002	Simon Sawe	Kenya	2:22:57
2003	Wilson Gatiha	United States	2:26:04
2004	Sergey Nochevny	Russia	2:27:34
2005	Diego Vanegas	United States	2:35:57
2006	Jared Nyamboki	United States	2:23:36
2007	David Chepkwony	United States	2:22:57	tied course record
2008	Geoffrey Kiprotich	United States	2:23:55
2009	Simon Sawe	Kenya	2:24:50	2nd victory
2010	James Kirwa	Kenya	2:14:20	course record
2011	James Kirwa	Kenya	2:12:54	2nd victory, course record
2012	James Kirwa	Kenya	2:16:54	3rd victory
2013	David Tuwei	Kenya	2:17:23
2014	Philip Lagat	Kenya	2:12:19	course record
2015	Philip Lagat	Kenya	2:21:02	2nd victory
2016	Boaz Kipyego	Kenya	2:16:36
2017	Luke Kibet	Kenya	2:21:32
2018

Women's winners

Year	Athlete	Country/state	Time	Notes
2002	Wendy Hall	United States	2:50:38
2003	Wendy Hall	United States	2:49:46	2nd victory, female record
2004	Christy Nielsen	United States	2:47:01	female record
2005	Wendy Terris	United States	2:55:50
2006	Robyn Friedman	United States	2:42:19	female record
2007	Melissa Gillette	United States	3:00:51
2008	Wendy Terris	United States	2:49:37	2nd victory
2009	Robyn Friedman	United States	2:41:28	2nd victory, female record
2010	Alena Vinitskaya	United States	2:41:23	female record
2011	Atalelech Asfaw	Ethiopia	2:37:55	female record
2012	Mary Akor	United States	2:35:01	female record
2013	Natalia Sokolova	Russia	2:33:03	female record
2014	Abnet Simegn	Ethiopia	2:32:28	female record
2015	Biruktait Degefa	Ethiopia	2:33:00
2016	Olga Kimaiyo	Kenya	2:34:10
2017	Joan Massah	Kenya	2:42:43
2018

External links

• Official website