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The 15K run (15 kilometers, or approximately 9.32 miles) is a long-distance foot race.It is a rarely held race that is not recognized as an Olympic event. The overall world best time for men was set by Jacob Kiplimo en route the Lisbon Half Marathon.
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 Gasparilla Distance Classic used to include a marathon race (26.2 miles). The final marathon was in 2010 and titled the "Final Voyage". Wilson Chepkwony of Kenya was the Men’s 2010 Marathon Champion with a time of 2:24:48 and Melissa Gacek of St. Paul, Minn was the Women’s 2010 Marathon Champion with a time of 2:53:20 [4]
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
The Labels are considered a prestigious award by race organisers, [3] [4] [5] and include the seven World Marathon Majors. Platinium Label races have the strictest requirements, followed by Gold, then Elite, and general Label Races.
The Los Angeles Marathon (formerly known as the City of Los Angeles Marathon) is an annual running event typically held each spring in Los Angeles, California, since 1986. The marathon was inspired by the success of the 1984 Summer Olympic Games hosted in Los Angeles. It is one of the five largest marathons in the country, with more than 20,000 ...
The Boilermaker Road Race is a USATF-certified 15-kilometer (9.3 mi) foot race and wheelchair race held annually in Utica, New York, United States. [1] Although local recreational runners are the majority of entrants, the race is highly competitive, with international professional runners filling the top ranks.
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 ...