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The Mobile Marathon is a road marathon in Mobile, Alabama, held on a Sunday in early to mid January. It was called the First Light Marathon until 2018 and was first run in December 2001, before moving to the start of January in 2005. The 2027 race starts at 7:30 a.m. on Church Street next to Mardi Gras Park in downtown Mobile and runs through downtown and midtown Mobile. The marathon is two loops of the half marathon course. The programme also includes a half marathon, team competitions at both distances and a 1.2-mile fun run. All events benefit First Light Community Foundation of Mobile, formerly the L'Arche Mobile Foundation, a community where people with and without intellectual disabilities share life together. The name First Light refers to the first light of the new year. The race has been listed as a Boston Marathon qualifier, and finisher medals have been made at the L'Arche Mobile activity centre.
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Early January in Mobile is cool and damp: average highs are about 16°C (61°F) and lows about 5°C (41°F), with humidity around 74% and rain on roughly ten days of the month.
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The race was first run in December 2001 as the First Light Marathon, named for the first light of the new year, and the first several years were held on the last weekend of December. The marathon and half marathon moved to the beginning of January in 2005, so there was no First Light in 2004. The fastest finisher of the first race was Chris Crawford of Dallas in 2:40:19.
From the start the race has supported L'Arche Mobile, which gives people with intellectual disabilities the ability to live within the community. In 2018 the First Light Marathon was renamed the ServisFirst Bank Mobile Marathon presented by Infirmary Health, and today all events benefit First Light Community Foundation of Mobile, formerly the L'Arche Mobile Foundation.
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