4/18/2020

Tree City Marathon

Christine Churpek

Finish Time 3:43:55

Christine Churpek wasn’t going to let the COVID-19 crisis ruin her marathon dreams so she decided to do something about it.  Christine had been training for months to make an attampt at a Boston marathon qualifying run.  When all of the spring marathons were cancelled she decided to create her own one woman marathon.  Sure it wasn’t a sanctioned official race but it was a truly inspiring effort that brought much of the Kent running community together.

Here is a link to an article published about Christine’s marathon:

https://medium.com/the-portager/with-a-single-participant-its-the-largest-marathon-of-the-year-396ef6513e15

Photos, videos, and other information regarding Christine’s Tree City Marathon can also be found on the Facebook event page.

Here is the link to the event page:

https://www.facebook.com/events/225407438527143/