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The marathon was first held in 1979 as the Macy's Marathon. [2]In 2005, the marathon was just under 0.4 mi (0.64 km) short. [2] [3]The 2020 in-person edition of the race was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, with all registrants given the option of transferring their entry to 2021, or entering a charity running program and obtaining a partial refund.
April 17: 2017 Boston Marathon [17] [18] Winners: Geoffrey Kirui (m) / Edna Kiplagat (f) April 23: 2017 London Marathon [19] [20] Winners: Daniel Wanjiru (m) / Mary Keitany (f) August 6: Part of the 2017 World Championships in Athletics (Men / Women) in London Winners: Geoffrey Kirui (m) / Rose Chelimo (f) September 24: 2017 Berlin Marathon [21 ...
The Pittsburgh Marathon (also known as Dick's Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon for sponsorship reasons) is an annual road marathon usually held on the first Sunday in May in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the United States, first held in 1985. The hilly course runs through the city center and crosses each of Pittsburgh's three main rivers.
Half marathon: 1:10:19 Sara Moreira Portugal 10 July 2016 2016 Amsterdam [24] Marathon: 2:25:14 Christelle Daunay France 16 August 2014 2014 Zürich [25] 100 m hurdles: 12.31 (+0.8 m/s) Cyréna Samba-Mayela France 8 June 2024 2024 Roma [26] 400 m hurdles: 52.49 Femke Bol Netherlands 11 June 2024 2024 Rome [27]
Breaking2 was a project by Nike to break the two-hour barrier for the marathon. Nike announced the project in November 2016 and organized a team of three elite runners who trained for a private race. The event was held on the Formula One race track Autodromo Nazionale di Monza in Italy on May 6, 2017. [1] [2] [3] [4]
In the 1988 Olympic Marathon Team Trials, held in Jersey City, New Jersey, Pfitzinger finished 3rd in a time of 2:13:09, to qualify for his second Olympic Games. [ 4 ] In other marathons apart from the Olympic Trials and Olympic Games, Pfitzinger won the National Sports Festival (Syracuse, New York) marathon in 1981, [ 5 ] the Winstones (New ...
Adidas Silverstone Half Marathon is a road half marathon that was held each year on the Silverstone Circuit between 2003 and 2017, usually in March. The race did not occur in 2018. It will occur on 24 November 2019 [1] organised by The Race Organiser Ltd. It was sponsored by Adidas, and was known as the Adidas Silverstone Half Marathon. Recent ...
The women's marathon was one of the road events at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics in London. It took place on 6 August 2017 on the streets of London, and consisted of four laps of a roughly 10-kilometre (6.2 mi) course which passed several of London's landmarks.