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The Dallas Marathon (formerly known as the Dallas White Rock Marathon and also known as the BMW Dallas Marathon for sponsorship reasons) is an annual marathon road running event usually hosted in December by Dallas, Texas, and is Texas' oldest marathon, [citation needed] having been held every year since 1971 (with the exception of 2013 [a] and 2020 [b]).
The 2009 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships was held in Birmingham, United Kingdom on 11 October 2009. It was the final event of the International Association of Athletics Federations' 2009 World Athletics Series. [1]
In 2008, the Competitor Group took over Elite Racing, the company that had been organizing the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon. The following year, 2009, an internal audit revealed that the charity in whose name the race had been run, Elite Racing Foundation for Children, Education & Medical Research, had been improperly commingling funds with the for-profit Elite Racing.
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 100 metres race attracted 100 entries, while the Marathon race listed 101 athletes for competition. [41] The event was expected to be the largest sports gathering in 2009, continuing in the vein of the World Championships in Athletics being the third largest sports event after the Olympic Games and the FIFA World Cup. [42]
11 October 2009 World Half Marathon Championships: Birmingham, United Kingdom [9] One hour: 21101 m Arturo Barrios: 30 March 1991 La Fleche, France Half marathon: 1:00:14 a: Armando Quintanilla: 21 January 1996 Tokyo Half Marathon Tokyo, Japan 1:00:28 Germán Silva: 24 September 1994 World Half Marathon Championships: Oslo, Norway 25 km (road ...
The Detroit Lions nearly escaped Dallas with a last-second comeback victory, but a penalty on the 2-point conversion led to a 20-19 loss to the Cowboys.. The Lions (11-5) are guaranteed at least ...
The men's half marathon event at the 2009 Summer Universiade was held on 11 July. Results. Rank Name Nationality Time Notes