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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.
Paul Masson Marathon Susan Munday 2:43:17 1979 Houston, Texas Houston Marathon: Susan Petersen 2:46:17 1978 New York City, New York New York City Marathon Marty Cooksey: 2:41:49 1977 Minneapolis, Minnesota City of Lakes Marathon Leal-Ann Reinhart 2:46:34 1976 Culver City, California: Western Hemisphere Marathon Julie Brown 2:45:33 1975
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 ...
He ran a PR in the 2010 New York Marathon of 2:09:13, placing sixth place and the first U.S. finisher. 2012. On January 14, 2012, he won the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trial in Houston with a time of 2:09:08, which was a new personal best by 5 seconds. He is the oldest winner of the Olympic Trials Marathon at age 36. [23]
In 2007, Hamish Blake reportedly ran the length of a marathon around a track in Melbourne, "in an attempt to beat Katie Holmes' marathon time. He succeeded, in a time of 5:25:00." [66] Joe Strummer guitarist and lead vocalist for punk band the Clash, claimed to have run the Paris Marathon in 1982; no records exist of his attempt or finish. [67]