Exygon & Baptist Hospitals Gusher Marathon
Exxpress Mart Half Marathon
Kinsel Ford 5K
April 6, 2019

About Us

USA Track & Field Course Certification Numbers:

Marathon                      TX09146ETM
Half Marathon               TX09145ETM

Today

Relive the rush of the original Spindletop Lucas Gusher by running in the Exygon and Baptist Hospitals Gusher marathon, Exxpress Mart half-marathon, and Kinsel Ford 5k. Since 2010, this flat, fast USATF Sanctioned/ Certified, Boston Qualifier course has been the home to numerous personal records (PR's), life changing stories, and lifelong memories.

We have a distance for everyone. If you can walk three miles, you can be part of the rush.  Use The Gusher as motivation to take steps toward improving your health.

Haven't trained at your normal level? Then, use this as an opportunity to invite friends and family to join you in completing the distance.  Run/ walk with them to motivated them to reach their fitness goals in improving their health and quality of life.

History

Spindletop is a salt dome oil field located in south Beaumont, TX. On January 10, 1901, 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. 

Results

March 3, 2018 Results

Marathon - Half Marathon - 5K

February 27, 2016 Results

Marathon - Half Marathon - 5K

Contact
info@thegushermarathon.com