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The Great Manchester Run is an annual run through Greater Manchester (namely Manchester, Trafford and Salford). It has consisted of a 10k run since it was established in 2003, and a half marathon since 2017.
The first marathon to be run over 26 mi and 385 yards (42.195 km) was the race in 1909, which started in Sandbach, Cheshire and finished at the Fallowfield Stadium in Manchester. A marathon has been run along various routes in the Manchester area intermittently throughout the years with various start and finish points. [3]
BUPA Great Manchester Run: Manchester, England United Kingdom: 18 May 2014 10 km 41,300 [47] 38 Women's Mini Marathon (10k) Dublin: Ireland: 2 June 2014 10 km 41,006 [48] 39 Mumbai Marathon: Mumbai, Maharashtra: India: 20 January 2013 Marathon, Half-Marathon, Dream Run(6 km), Senior Citizens Race (4.3 km), Champions with Disability category (2. ...
The Great CityGames is a major street athletics event [1] held twice annually in Manchester, Newcastle and Gateshead. The former is held in conjunction to the Great Manchester Run, a major 10k generally held on the Sunday. The first event was in May 2009. [2]
The Manchester Road Race is a 4.737 mile (7.623 km) footrace held annually on Thanksgiving Day in Manchester, Connecticut. Race proceeds are donated each year to Muscular Dystrophy research and about 18 other local charities. Beginning promptly at 10:00am every Thanksgiving Morning, the race attracts athletes of all ages and abilities.
Great Run is a part of The Great Run Company, which was launched by retired athlete Brendan Foster. [1] The group specialises in road running events, from a 5k up to a marathon. Bupa was title partner of the Great Run Series for 18 years, one of Britain’s longest ever sports sponsorship agreements, which ended in 2014.
About a month later Haile easily won the Great Manchester Run in England for the fourth time, finishing in 28:10. [37] On 26 September he suffered a double setback when he dropped out of the Berlin Marathon (again suffering from respiratory difficulties of exercise-induced asthma) and saw his world records for 30 kilometres and the marathon ...
The Great North Run was the first event in the Great Run stable, in 1981, and pre-dates Nova International and The Great Run Company by seven years.. Former European and Commonwealth champion Brendan Foster was inspired to organise an event in his native North-East England, [2] after taking part in the Round the Bays event in Auckland, New Zealand. [3]