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The Indianapolis Monumental Marathon, Half Marathon and 5K take place Saturday morning. Here's what to know, especially if you're driving downtown.
A half marathon is a road running event of 21.0975 kilometres (13 miles 192.5 yards)—half the distance of a marathon. [1] It is common for a half marathon event to be held concurrently with a marathon or a 5K race, using almost the same course with a late start, an early finish, or shortcuts. [2]
The Royal Parks Half Marathon was established in 2008 by the Royal Parks Foundation as an annual fundraising initiative to both raise funds to support the Foundations work in maintaining London's eight Royal Parks and enabling charities to be involved as well. Since its inception, the event has raised over £55 million for more than 1,000 UK ...
From 1994 to 2004, it was known as the Indianapolis Life 500 Festival Mini-Marathon. The race regularly attracts runners and spectators from all 50 states and several countries. It includes a men's and women's running division, as well as men's and women's wheelchair entries.
Marathon, half-marathon, 10 km, 5 km 73,206 [16] [17] 11 Hong Kong Marathon: Hong Kong: Hong Kong: 15 January 2015 Marathon, half-marathon, 10 km, 10 km wheelchair race, 3 km wheelchair race 73,070 [18] 12 Round the Bays: Auckland: New Zealand: 10 March 2013 8.4 km 70,000 [19] 13 JPMorgan Corporate Challenge: Frankfurt Germany 7 June 2018 5.6 km
In 2008, the Competitor Group took over Elite Racing, the company that had been organizing the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon. The following year, 2009, an internal audit revealed that the charity in whose name the race had been run, Elite Racing Foundation for Children, Education & Medical Research, had been improperly commingling funds with the for-profit Elite Racing.
It was founded in 1991 by Motorola, who served as title sponsor for fifteen years. [2]The 2021 edition of the marathon was cancelled, while the other races of the weekend were postponed to April 25, 2021, due to the coronavirus pandemic, with all registrants given the option of transferring their entry to the new date, or to 2022, 2023, or 2024.
Half marathon runners start with the full first lap but follow the procedure for the second lap at the end of the lap by turning left to Speedway Boulevard and following it until they reach the Turn 1-2 tunnel entrance, where they follow the Flock Brothers Corral before making entering the speedway at the road course exit for the 1 3/4 lap run ...