Mississippi Blues Marathon
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The Mississippi
Blues Marathon is an annual marathon
foot-race run in Jackson, Mississippi
, USA. The inaugural race was held January 5, 2008. The race originated in 1976 with the running of the Mississippi Marathon. In 2007, new corporate sponsorship was obtained and the event was moved to Jackson, MS with a total purse of $30,000.
Mississippi
Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, whose name comes from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi...
Blues Marathon is an annual marathon
Marathon
The marathon is a long-distance running event with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres , that is usually run as a road race...
foot-race run in Jackson, Mississippi
Jackson, Mississippi
Jackson is the capital and the most populous city of the US state of Mississippi. It is one of two county seats of Hinds County ,. The population of the city declined from 184,256 at the 2000 census to 173,514 at the 2010 census...
, USA. The inaugural race was held January 5, 2008. The race originated in 1976 with the running of the Mississippi Marathon. In 2007, new corporate sponsorship was obtained and the event was moved to Jackson, MS with a total purse of $30,000.