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The Stramilano is an annual athletics event which takes place in Milan, Italy in spring.The event comprises three parts: the Stramilano International Half Marathon (a professional road running competition over 21.0975 km), the La Stramilano dei 50.000 (English: Stramilano of the 50,000; a 10 km non-competitive run/walk open to the general public) and the Stramilanina – a 5 km event for ...
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 Roma–Ostia Half Marathon (Italian: Roma Ostia Mezza Maratona or Italian: Maratonina Roma-Ostia) [1] is an annual half marathon road running event which takes place in early March in Rome, Italy.
The newly scheduled event featured a marathon, half marathon, and relay marathon event. The move proved popular and at least 7213 runners took part in the activities that year. [ 2 ] At the 2011 edition, the marathon and relay events saw more than five thousand participants each, making a record total of 10,203 runners.
On 30 March 1991, Arturo Barrios ran a world record distance of 21.101 km in one hour, becoming the first man to run the half marathon distance in under one hour. [11] On 3 April 1993, Moses Tanui became the first man to run a half marathon race in under one hour, with a time of 59:47. [12]
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The European Half Marathon Cup is a quadrennial team marathon competition between European countries held for the first time in 2016, incorporated in the half marathon events of the European Athletics Championships. [1]
[8] [3] The bends and cobblestone roads made for a particularly difficult marathon and this led to the change in 2011 for an easier, faster race. [9] [10] An AIMS-certified course, [11] it was ineligible for world records due to an overall net drop of 75 m from 2001 to 2009, but the current course is now eligible. [4]