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Logo of the event. The Ineos 1:59 Challenge, held on 12 October 2019, was an attempt by Kenyan athlete Eliud Kipchoge to break the two-hour mark for running the marathon distance, which he achieved in a time of 1:59:40.2.
At the time of the race, the world record of the marathon was 2:02:57 (set by Dennis Kimetto at the 2014 Berlin Marathon). Even though Kipchoge beat this time by more than two minutes, his result does not count as an official record by IAAF standards because of several factors, including the use of pacers who entered the race midway. [12]
For a performance to be ratified as a world record by World Athletics, the marathon course on which the performance occurred must be 42.195 km (26.219 mi) long, [34] measured in a defined manner using the calibrated bicycle method [35] (the distance in kilometers being the official distance; the distance in miles is an approximation) and meet other criteria that rule out artificially fast ...
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Evan Kim, 12, front, runs with family members and a running group to train for marathons on March 10, 2024 in Irvine, California.She ran a 2:58 in the Ventura marathon recently, making her the ...
Ryan Hall (born October 14, 1982, in Kirkland, Washington) [2] is a retired American long-distance runner who held the U.S. record in the half marathon from 2007 to 2025. With his half marathon record time (59:43), he became the first U.S. runner to break the one-hour barrier in the event. [3]
And I had absolutely crushed my previous marathon time. I finished the race at 3:31:15, booking it for the last 1.2 miles when I realized I *might* be able to hit 3 hours and 30 minutes flat ...
In 2002, Radcliffe made the move up to the marathon, a decision that immediately paid off with victory at her debut in that year's London Marathon on 14 April 2002 in a world's best time for a women's only race (2:18:55). [74] Her time was the second quickest in women's marathon history behind the world record of 2:18:47 set by Catherine ...