Gusher Marathon, Half Marathon, and 5K

You can register a 5K team or a half marathon team. Everyone on the team must run the same distance. For instance, all 5K team members run the 5K race with everyone at the same time. This will give each runner a 5K result and a team result. A team consists of 5 members each running the 5K. Half marathon teams have 3 members. Team awards are based on the sum of the team's age graded times. Age grading is a process that adjust a person's time based on age and sex. This way a team will not be disadvantaged for having older members. Team members are also eligible for individual 5K Awards. Register your company, organization, or fun team today.

This sponsorship is an opportunity to share your message, showcase a corporate logo and name, or honor a sport-minded living or lost loved one before thousands of Gusher participants. You are also welcome to setup banners, signs, or tents within your tenth of a
mile section.

Please click on the shop link at the top to make a Tenth of a mile sponsorship donation. If you have a special request or question, please e-mail info@thegushermarathon.com.

History

Spindletop is a salt dome oil field located in south Beaumont, TX. On January 10, 19

01, a well at Spindeltop struck oil, at a depth of 1,139 feet. The Lucas Gusher, often referred to as the Lucas Geyser, blew oil over 150 feet in the air at a rate of 100,000 barrels per day. It took nine days before the well was brought under control.

As the first major oil field located in the United States, the well tripled the entire oil production capability of the United States overnight.

Spindletop was the largest gusher the world had seen and catapulted Beaumont into one of the United States' first oil-field boomtowns. This cheap oil helped to fuel the incredible industrial expansion of the United States over the last 100 years.

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