It’s been about 24 hours since the Williams Route 66 Marathon finished in Tulsa. The event is less than a decade old, but it’s become huge. The evidence:
- It sold out weeks before the starting gun, and the total number of participants was in the thousands.
- Tonight, the event already will be taking registrations for the 2013 race, which is Nov. 23-24.
- The overall winner — Curtis Huffman of Wessington Springs, S.D., in 2 hours, 39 minutes, 24 seconds — and a quick perusal of the finishers showed the marathon has attracted runners from all over the country.
- An apparent world record was set during Sunday’s big race. Camille Herron of Warr Acres, Okla., ran the entire 26.2-mile course in a head-to-foot Spider-Man costume. Not only did her time of 2:48:51 break the costumed-marathon record by 20 minutes, but she was the first female finisher in the Tulsa race.
- Even slowpokes in the event get a big welcome at the finish line.
The marathon course, if you’re wondering, includes small portions of 11th Street, Southwest Boulevard, and Second Street — which which were alignments of Route 66. The course itself is a great way to see Tulsa in general.
UPDATE 11/22/2012: Here’a a video produced by Fleet Feet Sports of Tulsa: