Sunday May 5th, 2019
Providence, Rhode Island
Distance: Marathon · Half Marathon · 5K · Kids Race
The tenth running of the Providence Marathon will be held on May 6, 2018. This exciting race day in DownCity will host a marathon, half marathon, 5k and kids fun run.
The Marathon will start at 7:30 a.m. Sunday in Downtown Providence, Rhode Island. The Half Marathon will start at 8:00 a.m. from the same location. The 5k will follow at 8:15 am and the kids race with take off at 8:20 all from the same great downtown running festival.
The marathon course is USATF certified and is a Boston Marathon Qualifier.
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displays approximate race location · Providence RI 02906
| Division | Time | Name | Age | Home |
| Male | 2:30:01 | Jerry Lanning | 23 | Colorado SpringsCO |
| 2nd Male | 2:38:13 | Alex Robbins | 21 | RoxburyMA |
| 3rd Male | 2:40:22 | Felix Moser | 33 | CambridgeMA |
| 4th Male | 2:44:11 | Stephen Fair | 36 | BrooklineMA |
| Female | 2:49:34 | Caitlin Fahey | 27 | Cambridge, MA |
| 2nd Female | 2:53:26 | Jess Wilson | 23 | Brighton, MA |
| 3rd Female | 2:59:18 | Emily DAddario | 27 | Boston, MA |
| 4th Female | 3:03:31 | Kristina Greenwood | 19 | Cambridge, MA |
| Division | Time | Name | Age | Home |
| M 40-49 | 2:46:19 | Jon Chesto | 47 | AuburndaleMA |
| M 50-59 | 2:56:42 | ThomasSmith | 50 | WethersfieldCT |
| M 60-69 | 3:17:08 | Martin Keibel | 66 | ManchesterCT |
| M 70+ | 4:08:59 | Bob Kennedy | 70 | DurhamNH |
| F 40-49 | 3:04:13 | Kim Webster | 41 | FraminghamMA |
| F 50-59 | 3:37:43 | Jennifer Fay | 52 | HinghamMA |
| F 60-69 | 3:54:33 | Jane Lanford | 62 | FairbanksAK |
| F 70+ | 4:34:33 | Marian Loftin | 71 | MobileAL |
High school running club achieves 26.2 mile dream
MATTAPOISETT — The students of DREAMFAR really know how to go the extra mile.
Just a few months ago, even running a half mile was difficult for the students involved in Old Rochester Regional High School’s running club.
Now, with the May 7 Providence Marathon in their rearview mirrors, they can see - literally and figuratively - just how far they’ve come.
The DREAMFAR program is a high-school marathon program that offers students the chance to train for and run in a marathon. Students in Old Rochester’s program, introduced by teacher Megan Hall last year, spend the school year slowly working from running a half-mile to running a marathon distance, running in several 5ks and half-marathons along the way.
As one DREAMFAR member, Alex Wurl, explained, all of the students trained three times per week. Tuesdays and Thursdays were “short distance” running days. Saturday, however, was the day for long runs. The students would add a mile or two to their overall running distance every week. Along the way, they found themselves training in biting wind, cold rains, and frigid snow.
When they saw the finish line of the Providence Marathon, it was all suddenly worth it.
That’s not to say the final miles weren’t exciting, even if they at times seemed like an insurmountable challenge. The cheering crowds were much needed encouragement for the weary runners. Wurl paced himself hard enough to collapse on the other side of the finish line.
Jelly legs or no, he was shortly at the sidelines again to cheer his teammates on.
“We’ve come so far,” he said. “We wouldn’t have gotten there without cheering each other on.”
"This event keeps getting better. There are only two marathons in Rhode Island and this is the biggest event."