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The event is organised by Run 4 Wales (R4W), a not-for-profit social enterprise and charitable trust set-up to promote, manage and deliver major sporting events including the 2016 World Half Marathon Championships (Cardiff), 2015 World Mountain Running Championships (North Wales) and 2018 Commonwealth Half Marathon Championships (Cardiff).
From 2003 to 2006, the marathon and half marathon were held together. The marathon consisted of two laps of the half marathon course and the finish was at the Millennium Stadium, and from 2004 was inside the stadium. However, as the Half Marathon became so popular, from 2007 it replaced the full marathon altogether. [3]
This is a list of notable half marathon races. [ nb 1 ] According to Running Times Magazine , There were approximately 870 half marathons in the United States in 2009. [ 1 ]
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The competition was launched as the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 1992 and held annually until 2010. [1] It was renamed the IAAF World Road Running Championships in 2006 and reduced in distance to a 20K run, but reverted to the half marathon distance the following year and to the original competition name the year after that. The ...
The 2016 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships took place on 26 March 2016 in Cardiff, United Kingdom. [1] It was the 22nd edition of the event and the 4th in the United Kingdom alone. [2] In conjunction with the men's elite race, an open half marathon was held on the same course for 16,000 competitors. [3]
World Half Marathon Championships: Cardiff, United Kingdom [101] 10 miles: 45:57 Emile Cairess: 4 March 2023 Podium Breaking 10 Barrowford Barrowford, United Kingdom [102] 45:13 # Ian Stewart: 8 May 1977 Stoke, United Kingdom 18 km: 47:50+ Mo Farah: 22 March 2015 Lisbon Half Marathon: Lisbon, Portugal [95] 20 km: 56:27+ Mo Farah: 22 March 2015 ...