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The St. Jude Rock 'n' Roll Nashville Marathon is a road marathon through downtown Nashville and its neighbourhoods, held on a Saturday in late April as part of the Rock 'n' Roll Running Series run by the IRONMAN Group. The weekend also includes a half marathon, a 10K, a 5K, a 1 mile, kids' races and a Doggie Dash. The marathon and half marathon start together at 8th and Broadway at 7:20am, and the marathon finishes outside Nissan Stadium, home of the Tennessee Titans. The course passes the Broadway honky tonks, Music Row, the Gulch, 12 South and Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park, then the Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Music City Center and the Musica roundabout before the finish. Live bands play along the route, and the finish area has a festival with concerts. The race began on 29 April 2000 as the Country Music Marathon, and it carried that name until 2015. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital became the event's charity partner in 2012.
Typical climate for the race month — an estimate, not a forecast or a race-day record
Late April in Nashville is mild to warm: average highs are about 23°C and lows about 9°C, with relative humidity near 63% and measurable rain on around eleven days of the month. The 7:20am start is the coolest part of the day.
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The Nashville race began on 29 April 2000 as the Country Music Marathon, with the start in front of Centennial Park on West End Avenue. Kenya's Luka Kibet won that first race. A half marathon followed in 2002, and the event later became part of the Rock 'n' Roll Running Series, with St. Jude as charity partner from 2012.
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