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20 miles (32 km) 1:43:33+ a [g] Paula Radcliffe: 13 April 2003 London Marathon: London, United Kingdom Marathon: 2:15:25 [h] Paula Radcliffe: 13 April 2003 London Marathon: London, United Kingdom 50 km: 3:07:20 Alyson Dixon: 1 September 2019 50 km World Championships Brașov, Romania [104] 100 km: 7:03:40 Sarah Webster 2 April 2023 Anglo Celtic ...
The world record in the mile run is the fastest time set by a runner in the middle-distance track and field event. World Athletics is the official body which oversees the records. Hicham El Guerrouj is the current men's record holder with his time of 3:43.13, [ 1 ] while Faith Kipyegon has the women's record of 4:07.64. [ 2 ]
In running events up to 200 m in distance and in horizontal jump events, wind assistance is permitted only up to 2.0 m/s. In decathlon or heptathlon, average wind assistance of less than 2.0 m/s is required across all applicable disciplines; and maximum of 4.0 m/s in any one event. As an exception, according to rule 36.2, specific event ...
A Californian microbrewery owner reported how, in 2000, he accompanied Garside covering 60 miles in a day (20 miles running, 40 miles by car) at an average pace of 8.5 minutes per mile (11.2 km/h, 7 mph), followed the next day by a 30-mile run over the steep San Marcos Pass at a similar pace, and that Garside had also been accompanied in ...
Leslie Mary Broadfoot Watson (February 4, 1945 - January 1, 2024) was a British long-distance runner, physiotherapist, and powerlifter. She helped establish women's presence in long-distance running in the UK, being the first Scotswoman to officially run a marathon, winning over 60 marathons, and popularizing women's participation in the sport.
20 August 1993 World Championships: Stuttgart, Germany 400 m hurdles: 47.82 Kriss Akabusi: 6 August 1992 Olympic Games: Barcelona, Spain 3000 m steeplechase: 8:07.96 Mark Rowland: 30 September 1988 Olympic Games: Seoul, South Korea High jump: 2.37 m Steve Smith: 20 September 1992 1992 World Junior Championships: Seoul, South Korea 22 August ...
Steve Jones winning the Swindon (UK) Half Marathon in October 1984 On 21 October 1984, a year after he had dropped out of the Chicago Marathon because of an injury, Jones won the event—his first completed marathon—with a time of 2:08:05, breaking the world record of Australian Robert de Castella by 13 seconds. [ 2 ]
The mile run (1,760 yards, [2] 5,280 feet, or exactly 1,609.344 metres) is a middle-distance foot race.. The history of the mile run event began in England, where it was used as a distance for gambling races.