Covering paved road and sandy trails , it is regarded by Marathon Guide as one of the top 30 marathons in the U.S .

The race has achieved Achieve its elite status among marathons Competition by developing Cause_to_make_progress relationships with sponsors who provide Supply prize money to lure elite runners who have produced Creating American and world record Recording performances .

Swimming featured 34 events ( 17 male , 17 female ) , including two 10 km open-water marathons in Hyde Park 's Serpentine Lake .

Several other places like Amadora , Porto and Volta à cidade do Funchal in Portugal ( `` Corrida de São Silvestre '' ) , Calderara di Reno ( `` Maratona di San Silvestro '' ) and Bolzano ( `` BOclassic '' ) in Italy , and Madrid in Spain ( `` San Silvestre Vallecana '' ) , organize Arranging yearly Saint Silvester road races or marathons every late December .

Along with the Houston Marathon and the Austin Marathon , the BMW Dallas Marathon forms the first leg of the Marathons of Texas , a series of winter marathons held Hold approximately one month apart from each other from December through February in Texas .

Tatyana McFadden of Clarksville , Maryland successfully defended Defending her title with a time of 1:42:16 on the shortened Change_event_time course , and , as a result , has become Becoming not only the sole person to have ever won four major marathons in a year ( Boston , London , Chicago , and New York City ) , but also the sole person to do so two years in a row .

The event Social_event is one of the fastest growing marathons in the United States .