Twin Cities Marathon details

October 8, 2016 at 11:55PM
Serkalem Abraha of Ethiopia, the women's winner, crosses the finish line of the Twin Cities Marathon in St. Paul, Minn., on Sunday, Oct. 3, 2015. (Jeff Wheeler/Star Tribune via AP)
Ethiopian Serkalem Abrha was first to the finish line in the Twin Cities Marathon last year and is among the favorites again. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

TWIN CITIES MARATHON/TC 10-Mile

When: Sunday. 10-mile race starts at 7 a.m., marathon starts at 8 a.m.

Where: Starts near U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, ends near State Capitol in St. Paul.

Weather: Forecast calls for sunny and low 50s at the start.

Entries: Marathon 11,500, TC 10 Mile 10,900.

Marathon purse: $75,600. Winners get $10,000.

Marathon records: 2:10:05, Phil Coppess, 1985; women, 2:26:51, Zinaida Semenova, 2001, and Irina Permitina, 2004.

Marathon defending champions: Dominic Ondoro, Kenya, 2:11:16. Women, Serkalem Abrha, Ethiopia, 2:31:39.

TC 10-mile purse: (U.S. national championship) $81,000. Winners get $12,000. There is a $10,000 equalizer bonus to the male or female USATF 10M champion who finishes first; women get 5:43 head start.

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