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On 5 September 1982, the Edinburgh Festival Marathon was the first mass marathon event to be held in the city. [1] Starting in Holyrood Park and running through the Grassmarket and down Lothian Road, along Princes Street and down into Leith, along to Cramond and along the coast back through Silverknowes to Leith, up Easter Road and finishing in Meadowbank Stadium.
Meadows Marathon Date 1st Sunday in March Location Edinburgh, Scotland Event type Circuit Distance Marathon, Half marathon, 10K, 5K Established 2007 Official site www.meadowsmarathon.org.uk The Meadows Marathon is a non-profit annual charity marathon, half marathon, 10K and 5K. It is held annually on the first Sunday of March at The Meadows in Edinburgh. It is the largest event organised by ...
19 February 2022 Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon: Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates [35] Half marathon: 1:05:43 Mx: Eilish McColgan: 2 April 2023 Berlin Half Marathon: Berlin, Germany [36] Marathon: 2:26:40 Stephanie Twell: 27 October 2019 Frankfurt Marathon: Frankfurt, Germany [37] 24 hours: 247.985 km Joasia Zakrzewski: 18 September 2022
In October 2022, she set a new course record at the Loch Ness 10k. [8] She ran a half marathon personal best of 1:11.18 in Copenhagen in September 2023. [9] She won the Inverness half marathon in March 2024 and set the fastest women's time in the 39-year history of the race, running 1:11:47 breaking the previous record set by Natasha Phillips. [10]
The MoonWalk is a night-time charity event organised by UK based grant-making breast cancer charity, Walk the Walk. Women and men Power Walk either a marathon (“Full Moon”) or half-marathon (“Half Moon”), wearing brightly decorated bras to raise money for breast cancer causes.
Davis is a part-time marathon runner, [1] and as of 2021, she did not have a sponsor. [2] She is a member of Clapham Chasers athletics club, [1] and has previously run for the University of Edinburgh. [2] She is coached by Phil Kissi. [3] Davis' first marathon was the 2018 Berlin Marathon, which she entered with her partner and a few friends. [4]
In 2022 Edinburgh was the second most visited city in the United Kingdom, ... The city also organises a half-marathon, as well as 10 km (6.2 mi) and 5 km (3.1 mi) ...
She set her personal best of 2:31:33 in the marathon, when finishing 12th at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. At the 1988 Great North Run, she became the first British woman to run a sub-70-minute half-marathon, running 69:46 to finish second behind Greta Waitz. This would stand as the UK record until 1991 when Liz McColgan ran 69:15.