The Lincoln Marathon finish line won't be at midfield of Memorial Stadium this year, but it isn't moving far.
Instead, the adjacent Ed Weir Track will reprise its role as the finish line one final time, according to the Lincoln Track Club. From the race's inception in 1978 through 1999, the track served as the finish for both the marathon and half-marathon races.
The remainder of the course is unchanged.
Nebraska Athletics will replace the turf at Memorial Stadium following the Spring Game on April 18, necessitating the temporary shift in the finish line. This year's marathon is May 3.
"UNL Athletics recognizes the importance and impact of this running event to the Lincoln community and offered up the adjacent outdoor track as an alternative finishing venue for 2020," Lincoln Track Club President Glen Moss said in a statement. "This will be a last opportunity to come see where it all began 42 years ago."
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This marks the final year of Weir Track, which will be torn out to make way for the $155 million football training complex set to open in 2022. The Nebraska track team will move to a new facility north of the Devaney Sports Center at Innovation Campus.
The turf inside Memorial Stadium was last replaced before the 2013 season.
Photos from last year's marathon
Photos, videos: Great moments from the 2019 Lincoln Marathon
42nd annual Lincoln Marathon, 5.5
42nd annual Lincoln Marathon, 5.5
42nd annual Lincoln Marathon, 5.5
New record
Here’s Sammy Rotich after setting the Lincoln Half Marathon record this morning.
— Ross Miller (@millerrossb)
Rotich has won the race seven times.
Raising the roof
Suit runner
Women's winner
Women's record
Tunes rolling
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Marathon winner
Hillary Too wins the Lincoln Marathon.
— Ross Miller (@millerrossb)
Too ran 2:21:06.
Sammy Rotich
Women's half winner
Women's winner
Misiker Demessie wins the women’s Lincoln Marathon.
— Ross Miller (@millerrossb)
Demessie ran a 2:50:14.
Signs
Congrats to all the Lincoln half/full marathon runners today!
— Kylee Starmer (@starmer_kylee)
42nd annual Lincoln Marathon, 5.5
42nd annual Lincoln Marathon, 5.5
Marathon medals
Another great day at the ! Sammy loved the reflector more than the medal. AJ was also clearly thrilled.
— Kevin Thomas (@KevinThomasLNK)
Congrats to all the runners!
42nd annual Lincoln Marathon, 5.5
Big hug
At the stadium
Great morning in Lincoln!
— Sean Frommelt (@seanfrommelt)
42nd annual Lincoln Marathon, 5.5
Watch: Lincoln Marathon runners on 10th Street
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2019 marathon start
2019 marathon medals
2019 marathon Shelby Hansen
2019 marathon stadium
2019 marathon stadium
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2019 marathon start
2019 marathon start
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2019 marathon volunteers
Beautiful morning
Beautiful morning for the Lincoln Marathon. Temperature in the 50's, gentle breeze and dry sunny conditions.
— Ken Dewey (@kdewey1unl)
At the finish
We finished the Lincoln Half Marathon on the 50 yard line in Memorial Stadium!! !!
— Rob Lundien (@lundienr)
A glorious feeling
Drinking chocolate milk + relaxing on the field at Memorial Stadium after running 13.1 miles is truly a glorious feeling. ☀ï¸
— Amber Pankonin RD (@RDamber)
I Wanna Be You
Shout-out to all my people for crushing it out there. We were proud y'all of you.
— What the Husk?!? (@402Hatch)
NSP view
Congrats to all of today’s runners in the !
— NEStatePatrol (@NEStatePatrol)
Great job as always by , the organizers, and volunteers.
NSP had several troopers and civilians run, but none of them as fast as the helicopter.
One of favorite days
Third year running the (half). Always an awesome time with friends and family! One of my favorite days of the year.
— Jake Bogus (@YoMrBogus)
Water station volunteers
Go go!
— Bryan Health (@Bryan_Health)
Thank you to our awesome water station volunteers for keeping runners and walkers hydrated this morning.
Tunes roll as runners get close to stadium
42nd annual Lincoln Marathon, 5.5
Men's winner
Working like a dog
Big Day with the ! Working it, Dad and I pretty much did the Halfsie and more importantly I was #200 for MARK GEIST!!!!!!
— K-9 Layla (@K9_Layla)
Marathon
26.2
A new type of “courseâ€for this guy. A great day for a run 26.2.
— BLkrieser (@Blkrieser)
42nd annual Lincoln Marathon, 5.5
Little cheerleader
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42nd annual Lincoln Marathon, 5.5
42nd annual Lincoln Marathon, 5.5
WATCH: Misiker Demessie wins women’s Lincoln Marathon
First half
Love this run!
Well that was fun!!! Thanks Lincoln. Love this run!! ðŸƒðŸ¼â€â™€ï¸ðŸŒ½â™¥ï¸ðŸƒðŸ¼â¶Ä♀ï¸
— StansB1GFan ðŸˆðŸŽˆðŸŒ½â˜ ï¸â™¥ï¸ (@saf2564)
WATCH: Pasca Myers wins women’s Lincoln Half Marathon
UNK volleyball
Our very own Lindsay Nottlemann ran the Lincoln Half Marathon (13.1 miles) in a time of 1:58:44 this morning! She’s amazing! âï¸
— UNK Volleyball (@UNKvolleyball)
Pride at the finish
Proud of Denise and Ella for finishing the Lincoln half marathon today.
— David Levy (@LevyDavidC)
Congrats to the runners
Congratulations to all of the runners of the today! It was a beautiful day for a run. Was good to see and many others. Got the legs warmed up for The Kansas City Triathlon next weekend.
— Brandon H. Nutting 🌽 (@NuttingBH)
I made it!
I made it! Half-marathon complete!
— Ryan Minert (@ryanminert)
Finished at 2:00:33!
Was great to run for ! The crowd support was amazing. Thank you to everyone who donated to my campaign! It means so much to me to have support from friends and family.
Fireball shot booth
Me & fan girl’ed at the this morning and stumbled upon the fireball shot booth — for a moment I wished I was a runner
— Brad Stevens (@bstevens84)
There at the start
Never seen the start of the Lincoln Half/Full Marathon. This was quite awesome!
— Mrs. Stortenbecker | Art (@swedeselemart)
Trust Sen. Bolz
This is me starting the Lincoln Half marathon. There isn’t an after picture, you just have to take my word for it.
— Kate Bolz (@katejbolz)