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The 2018 Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon is set for the last Sunday of March.
The slogan this year is "Finish on the Fifty" and to celebrate, the 2018 Marathon Team are all 50 years old or older.
The race starts at 7:30 a.m. on Sunday, March 25, 2018.
MORE INFO: 2018 Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon
WBIR Channel 10 will provide live coverage of the marathon from 7 to 11 a.m. There will be live crews along the route and in Neyland Stadium.
The race starts at 7:30 a.m.
The marathon course is a 26.2-mile journey through Knoxville and has be designed to show-off Knoxville and several of its neighborhoods.
Participants must be 18 years of age or older and must be able to complete the course in under 7 hours.
All participants will receive a t-shirt and goody bag when they pick up their packet at the Health & Fitness Expo on Saturday, March 24.
The Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon has runner and walker friendly events. There will be a marathon, half marathon, 2-person relay, 4-person relay, 5K and kids run. All races finish on the 50 yard line of Neyland Stadium. The 5K and kids run will be held on Saturday, March 24.
LINK: Here's how to register
If you're not a runner but want to support the cause, you can make a donation to Knoxville Youth Runs, a joint program of the Community Schools Program/Great Schools Partnership and the Knoxville Track Club along with the Knox County elementary and middle schools.
LINK: Make a donation
On Dec. 8, 2017, Covenant Health introduced their 2018 Marathon Team Members. Each of the team members come from different walks of life but all share one thing in common: all are over the age of 50.
The members of the 2018 marathon team will serve as ambassadors for health, fitness and the Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon. This year's team will encourage people of all ages to get up and get going toward a better quality of life using the health and fitness tools they are giving while on the team.
Among the 2018 team members is WBIR Chief Meteorologist Todd Howell who plans to run the half marathon.