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This app was developed to support the 2012 Long Beach Marathon put on by Run Racing, to give app users access to better and more convenient tools for registering for, donating to, and supporting the efforts of this well-known and important event.

The app gives supporters and participants a simple way to enable them to register for the race, have access to “Virtual Booths,” as well as be linked to the virtual race bag which is released inside the app on a countdown feature. Inside the app, users will have access to up-to-date news and information about the event, and will be able to connect with the organizations website, as well as its Twitter, Facebook and other social networking sites, all in one place.

History of The Long Beach Marathon:

LONG BEACH INTERNATIONAL CITY BANK MARATHON CELEBRATES 28 YEARS

The Long Beach International City Bank Marathon is closing in on its 28th anniversary with a world-class race that few could have imagined when the event was launched 30 years ago. Some 1600 runners took to the streets of Long Beach that day, travelling a course that took them from the Queen Mary along the ocean line to Naples, around the ports and then back to the historical ship. The 2012 edition features 25,000 runners and cyclists along with nearly 50,000 people attending the two-day Health and Fitness Expo and an additional 50,000 attending the Finish Line Festival.

The very first “Long Beach/World Runners Marathon” was founded in 1982 by a group of volunteers led by Gordon Proctor, the original race director, and Vic McCarty, the 2nd board president. The marathon started as a grass-roots effort put on entirely by volunteers and funded by about $40,000 in donations. Gordon Proctor who spearheaded the first race and was the original director, told the Press Telegram, “We felt Long Beach was a good-size city and it needed its own marathon. It was a great deal more work than we expected.”

By all accounts the 80s were kind to the race and it quickly grew to be the most highly regarded marathon in Southern California. By the second year it had grown to 2,300 runners and then to 3,300 the year after that. In 1984, nine women ran qualifying times for the 1984 Olympic marathon trials. Following the founder’s vision, community involvement increased and a YMCA 8k was added along with a fitness expo, clinics and Belmont Shore “carbo-load” dinner. “Gordon was the one person that truly pushed for this marathon to happen,” said McCarty. “There were a lot of hurdles in creating and furthering a race of this size, especially under the guidance of a non-profit.”

The late 80s brought a significant change and international recognition when the Pacific Rim Marathon Championship was introduced and entries topped 4000. More than a dozen countries sent athletes to compete and the purse grew to an astonishing $35,000. The race had great support from local hotels, Singapore airlines and foreign sport organizations. Runners from New Zealand set course records and, for the first time, a Chinese citizen ran on American soil. According to McCarty, “Even though the founders wanted this race to be for Long Beach, they were happy with the exposure that something of this magnitude created.”

The beginning of the next decade ushered in a quantum leap in public visibility with a combination of live/tape delayed telecast on KNBC-TV and was seemingly poised to expand to unprecedented levels. Organizers added a five-person relay in 1993—four people ran five miles and the last person ran 6.2—allowing more runners to participate. The following year, the Long Beach Half Marathon was borne and more than 40 musical groups lined the marathon course.