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Marathon runners in 2007 A shadow run of the half marathon, held at Forward Operating Base Ghazni in Afghanistan in 2011. The Houston Marathon is an annual marathon usually held every January in Houston, Texas, United States, since 1972. With thousands of runners and spectators, it is the largest single day sporting event in the city.
He finished fifth, in 2:13:16, at the 1980 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials in Buffalo, New York, and fourth in the Olympic Trials 10,000-meter run in the same year. [ 2 ] He was the top American finisher, finishing 24th overall, at the 1977 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race .
He then ran the 40 km (25 mi) to the battlefield near Marathon and back to Athens to announce the Greek victory over Persia in the Battle of Marathon (490 BC) with the word νικῶμεν (nikomen [8] 'We win!'), as stated by Lucian chairete, nikomen ('hail, we are the winners') [9] and then collapsed and died.
During the 365 days of the last year, Young ran 370 races that were at least 26.2 miles long. Some of these races were "ultra-runs," which are even longer. The story behind the man who ran the ...
Name City Country Month* *Last race was held Inception Ref Link Adirondack Marathon: Schroon, New York United States September: 1997: Akron Marathon: Akron, Ohio United States ...
From the tortoises to the hares! Celebrities, including Ryan Reynolds and Kevin Hart, have gone the distance and completed 26.2-mile races. After witnessing the New York City Marathon as a ...
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Houston Marathon: Houston, US Heart attack USA: Gregory McSween 41 9 November 2021 Marine Corps Marathon FRA: Bruno Meunier [53] 41 5 June 2022 Marathon de la Liberté Caen, France Heart attack JPN: unnamed [54] 69 3 March 2024 Tokyo Marathon: Sumida, Tokyo USA: Joey Fecci [55] 26 27 April 2024 Nashville Marathon Nashville, US "Natural causes" POR