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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]
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]
The course was 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi) long which meant the run would consist of about 17.5 laps around the course. [10] The attempt took place on 6 May 2017 at 5:45 a.m. Central European Time . [10] Groups of 6 pacemakers ran in a diamond formation around the three runners and aimed to go through every 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) in 14:13.
Curp broke the men's world record in the half marathon on September 15, 1985, clocking 1:00:55 at the Philadelphia Distance Run in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at an overall pace just under 4:39 per mile for the official 13.1094-mile distance.
This is a list of world records for Masters age groups in the sport of road running.The world governing body for masters athletics is World Masters Athletics (WMA). WMA conducts various world championships in what are called "non stadia" events, meaning races not held in the confines of a stadium.
The 2020 Women’s event was won by Lily Partridge in a time of time of 1 hr 11 min 36 sec, with 4 women running under 1 hr 13 minutes. [5] The event has delivered fast times mainly due to the course elevation being just inside the legal tolerance with a decrease of – 19 metres over the course distance of 13.1 miles.
Ryan Hall (born October 14, 1982, in Kirkland, Washington) [2] is a retired American long-distance runner who holds the U.S. record in the half marathon.With his half marathon record time (59:43), he became the first U.S. runner to break the one-hour barrier in the event. [3]
The first ever Virtual Cardiff Half Marathon was hosted in October 2020 and again in October 2021, with thousands of people taking on the 13.1 mile distance from locations around the world. In 2022, the rescheduled '2020' event took place on Sunday 27 March (the 18th edition) and was the last race sponsored by Cardiff University .