As maiores provas nos EUA em 2011

O site Running USA divulgou, no final de setembro, uma lista com as 100 provas com maior número de finishers de 2011.

O site Running USA, excelente fonte de estatísticas e informações sobre provas nos Estados Unidos, divulgou, no final de setembro, uma lista com as 100 provas com maior número de finishers de 2011.

Em 2011, as 100 maiores provas dos EUA tiveram mais de 1,6 milhões de finishers! Em comparação com os números de 2000 (quando as TOP100 tiveram 922.500 corredores), houve um aumento de 75%.

Cinco destas provas tiveram mais de 40.000 finishers, sendo que quatro delas eram de distâncias até 12km – a única maratona do TOP5 é a Maratona de Nova Iorque, que em 2011 teve 47.133 finishers.

Ainda sobre a lista, 42% das provas do TOP100 são meias maratonas – sendo que 15 delas fazem parte do maior circuito de corridas do mundo, o Rock’n’Roll.

Confira a lista das 50 maiores corridas nos EUA em 2011 (fonte: site Running USA):

Rank

Finishers

Prova Local Data (MM/DD/AA)

1

55,077

Atlanta Journal-Constitution Peachtree Road Race 10K Atlanta, GA 07/04/11

2

51,303

Lilac Bloomsday Run 12K Spokane, WA 05/01/11

3

49,213

Dick’s Sporting Goods BolderBOULDER 10K Boulder, CO 05/30/11

4

47,133

ING New York City Marathon New York, NY 11/06/11

5

43,954

Zazzle Bay to Breakers 12K San Francisco, CA 05/15/11

6

35,755

Bank of America Chicago Marathon Chicago, IL 10/09/11

7

34,789

Cooper River Bridge Run 10K Charleston, SC 04/02/11

8

33,365

Ukrop’s Monument Avenue 10K Richmond, VA 04/02/11

9

33,257

Zappos.com Rock ‘n’ Roll Las Vegas Half-Marathon Las Vegas, NV 12/04/11

10

32,442

Bank of America Shamrock Shuffle 8K Chicago, IL 04/10/11

11

30,659

OneAmerica 500 Festival Half-Marathon Indianapolis, IN 05/07/11

12

25,244

Blue Cross Broad Street Run 10 Mile Philadelphia, PA 05/01/11

13

23,913

Boston Marathon Boston, MA 04/18/11

14

22,676

Pat’s Run 4.2 Mile Tempe, AZ 04/16/11

15

22,049

Army Ten-Miler Washington, DC 10/09/11

16

22,015

Country Music Half-Marathon Nashville, TN 04/30/11

17

21,991

Walt Disney World Half-Marathon Orlando, FL 01/08/11

18

21,042

Marine Corps Marathon Washington, DC 10/30/11

19

19,902

Honda LA Marathon Los Angeles, CA 03/20/11

20

19,546

Rock ‘n’ Roll San Antonio Half-Marathon San Antonio, TX 11/13/11

21

19,343

P.F. Chang’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Arizona Half-Marathon Phoenix, AZ 01/16/11

22

19,228

Kaiser Permanente Great Aloha Run 8.15 Mile Honolulu, HI 02/21/11

23

19,102

Honolulu Marathon Honolulu, HI 12/11/11

24

18,363

Hot Chocolate 5K Chicago, IL 11/05/11

25

17,481

Crescent City Classic 10K New Orleans, LA 04/23/11

26

17,194

Rock ‘n’ Roll San Diego Half-Marathon San Diego, CA 06/05/11

27

17,101

Dodge Rock ‘n’ Roll Seattle Half-Marathon Seattle, WA 06/25/11

28

16,519

Rock ‘n’ Roll Philadelphia Half-Marathon Philadelphia, PA 09/18/11

29

16,126

Nike Women’s Half-Marathon San Francisco, CA 10/16/11

30

16,041

Credit Union Cherry Blossom 10 Mile Washington, DC 04/03/11

31

15,467

Bellin Run 10K Green Bay, WI 06/11/11

32

15,923

JPMorgan Corporate Challenge: NYC 3.5 Mile New York, NY 06/15/11

33

15,393

JPMorgan Corporate Challenge: NYC 3.5 Mile New York, NY 06/16/11

34

15,320

Xsport Fitness Rock ‘n’ Roll Chicago Half-Marathon Chicago, IL 08/14/11

35

15,291

JPMorgan Corporate Challenge: Chicago 3.5 Mile Chicago, IL 05/26/11

36

14,979

Gate River Run 15K Jacksonville, FL 03/12/11

37

14,616

Beach to Bay Relay Marathon Corpus Christi, TX 05/21/11

38

14,611

Solutia Rock ‘n’ Roll St. Louis Half-Marathon St. Louis, MO 10/23/11

39

14,163

Rock ‘n’ Roll Savannah Half-Marathon (inaugural) Savannah, GA 11/05/11

40

13,937

OfficeMax Hood to Coast Relay 197 Mile Portland, OR 08/26/11

41

13,884

Thanksgiving Day Race 10K Cincinnati, OH 11/24/11

42

13,799

Disney’s Princess Half-Marathon Orlando, FL 02/27/11

43

13,613

Ragnar Wasatch Back 188 Mile Logan, UT 06/17/11

44

13,551

Walt Disney World Marathon Orlando, FL 01/08/11

45

13,519

ING Miami Half-Marathon Miami, FL 01/30/11

46

13,472

75th Manchester Road Race 4.75 Mile Manchester, CT 11/24/11

47

13,430

Hot Chocolate 15K Chicago, IL 11/05/11

48

13,311

Mercedes-Benz Corporate Run 5K Miami, FL 04/28/11

49

13,301

Surf City USA Half-Marathon Huntington Beach, CA 02/06/11

50

12,806

Disneyland Half-Marathon Anaheim, CA 09/04/11