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Not held since 2019: after a virtual edition in 2020 the organisers suspended the race indefinitely.
Last held Apr 14, 2019
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The United Airlines Guam Marathon was a marathon, half marathon, 10K and 5K weekend held in Tumon, Guam, in April, and it has not been run in person since 2019. Guam Sports Events, Inc., a nonprofit that hosts sports-tourism events, organised it with title sponsor United Airlines, and it began in April 2013 as the Guam International Marathon. All distances were out-and-back and started and finished at Governor Joseph Flores Memorial Park (Ypao Beach) in Tumon, with the start in front of the Guam Visitors Bureau. Runners went north on Pale San Vitores Road, turned onto Tumon Bay Road and joined Marine Corps Drive heading south along the west coast. The half marathon turned around just past the Governor's Complex in Adelup, and in the 2013 route the marathon continued to a turnaround at Sumay, in front of the T. Stell Newman Visitor Center, before retracing its route to Ypao Beach. The organisers described it as Guam's first IAAF-approved marathon, and the courses were certified by IAAF and AIMS. More than 4,000 runners took part in 2019. After a virtual edition in 2020, the organisers cancelled the 2021 and 2022 events and suspended the race indefinitely. Guam's April road race today is the Ko'ko' Road Race at Ypao Beach, which offers a half marathon and a 5K relay.
Typical climate for the race month — an estimate, not a forecast or a race-day record
April in Tumon is hot and humid: average highs are about 31°C and lows about 25°C, with rain on roughly 19 days of the month.
The Race
Tumon
The Guam Visitors Bureau, Pacific Islands Club Guam and United Airlines announced the inaugural Guam International Marathon for 7 April 2013. All four distances shared a single out-and-back course along Marine Corps Drive. By the fifth edition in April 2017 it was the United Airlines Guam Marathon, and that year more than 4,300 registered runners made it a record field.
The 2020 race, planned for 5 April, was moved to September and then converted into a virtual event. In a letter to participants, the managing director of Guam Sports Events said the board had decided to cancel the 2021 and 2022 events and to suspend the race indefinitely until it could restart safely and successfully.
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