For California International Marathon finishers, pride outweighs cold conditions


Elite runners keep pace down Fair Oaks Boulevard in the 31st annual California International Marathon on Sunday.

Weldon Kirui used a burst of speed to separate from his lone remaining challenger, crossing the finish in 2 hours, 14 minutes, 34 seconds to win the 31st annual CIM.


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Todd Kodet, a 61-year-old Salinas resident, describes his introduction to running five years ago like this: Having signed up for Sacramento’s Urban Cow event, he arrived at the course on race day intending to walk the 5K portion with his daughter ...

Frigid temperatures courtesy of a bitter cold front that swept into Sacramento this week will greet runners in Sunday’s California International Marathon.

Brian Szydlik and Adrian Broca have never met. Both are 37 and accomplished endurance athletes. This weekend, Broca will fly from Los Angeles to compete in Sunday’s California International Marathon, while Szydlik will make a shorter trip from his...

Up before dawn and shivering in this record-setting cold spell, two wispy, thin Kenyan runners who only days ago had been whisked across the world and into town via an extraordinary fundraising effort headed out for a 10-mile workout along Sacramento&...

The Sunday running of the California International Marathon will mostly preclude any traffic on the course.


Runners run through Fair Oaks Village during the 29th annual California International Marathon, Sunday Dec. 4, 2011.

When thousands of runners take off from Folsom Dam in the California International Marathon next weekend, organizers hope few will notice any difference from past races through the Sacramento region. But, in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing...

The news came at the end of a dramatic and often stressful week for Conyers Davis, who months ago embarked on an effort to raise money to bring two unheralded and impoverished Kenyan runners to compete in the California International Marathon on Dec. 8...

The nation’s largest Thanksgiving Day race just keeps getting bigger.


Runners make their way down H Street on the last stretch toward the finish line on November 22, 2012 in East Sacramento, California....