Fast downhill point to point course with rolling hills. Wide start with finish on steps of the state capitol in downtown Sacramento. Great spectator support. Race temps 40-50 degrees.

California International Marathon

Post-Race Review/ Results

Elly Rono and Kristin Schwartz took dramatically different paths to big paydays

Elly Rono and Kristin Schwartz took the top prizes in Sunday's Californial International Mararthon in Sacramento.
Rono, a 30-year-old Kenyan living in Chapel Hill, N.C., shook off three rivals with a bold move after the 20-mile mark to win a tactical men's race in 2 hours, 15 minutes, 38 seconds.Schwartz, a 29-year-old from Durango, Colo., led virtually from the start and never knew where her pursuers were, covering the 26.2 miles from near Folsom Dam to the steps of the state Capitol in a personal-best 2:38:16.

CIM: Schwartz cruises; Rono surges: Women's marathon decided early, men's late

Much-publicized FILA training camp scores modest success

Kristin Schwartz, Mike Dudley and Steve Swift spent the last four months training near the 6,000-foot peak of Mount Laguna east of San Diego hoping to help improve U.S. marathoning to a world-class level.

Schwartz, 29, did her part Sunday, winning the women's Californial International Marathon in 2 hours, 38 minutes, 16 seconds -- a 13-second improvement over her previous best.

Dudley, her boyfriend, experienced more mixed results. He finished second for the second consecutive year, his 2:16:54 effort well off his 2:14:37 best here last year.

Swift did not finish the 26.2-mile race.

CIM Notes: Going to camp helps Schwartz -- Others in U.S. program don't fare as well

Pre-Race Review/ Lineup

Glory days for U.S. marathon runners remain a distant memory

Sunday's California International Marathon is a chance to prove that U.S. marathon running is on the right track to a return to the glory days of people like Frank Shorter. 
Some of the runners will be graduates of a special marathon training camp on Mount Laguna

The long road back: U.S. takes steps to end marathon drought with Sunday's California International Marathon

A close look a the middle third of the race

Sunday's California Marathon is examined in detail in a series of three articles, this one looking at the middle third

Profiling Sunday's CIM: The race

Tougher than Expected, Too Many Participants

Marathon Summary

Marathon Results