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Keitany went into the championships as the world's leading half marathon runner, having run 1:07:00 seconds earlier in the season, and the race was seen as a chance for her to make her mark over the distance. The next fastest runner that season was her compatriot Philes Ongori, although her time of 1:07:50 was some way off Keitany's.
Fleck is an avid runner, and completed his first marathon in April 2009. [62] In 2014, Fleck was inducted into the Hall of Fame of Kaneland High School, his alma mater, in Maple Park, Illinois. [63] Fleck credits Jim Tressel, Greg Schiano, and Jerry Kill (among others) with helping advance his coaching career. [64]
Standing top times prior to the 2009 World Athletics Championships World record Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) 2:03:59: 28-09-2008: Berlin, Germany: Event record Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2:08:31: 30-08-2003: Paris, France: Season Best Duncan Kibet (KEN) 2:04:27: 05-04-2009: Rotterdam, Netherlands: Standing continental records prior to the 2009 World ...
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]
The Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Running Series is a half marathon held annually in Arizona on the Sunday before Martin Luther King, Jr. Day that links three cities of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area: Phoenix, Scottsdale, and Tempe. Until 2023, a full marathon distance race was offered whose time could be used to obtain a qualifying time for the Boston ...
The competition was launched as the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 1992 and held annually until 2010. [1] It was renamed the IAAF World Road Running Championships in 2006 and reduced in distance to a 20K run, but reverted to the half marathon distance the following year and to the original competition name the year after that. The ...
The following acts were scheduled, but the tour was cancelled due to low ticket sales (most of these bands scheduled shows on the same dates as what would have been the Lollapalooza touring schedule following the tour's cancellation—this caused problems for many fans, who now had to choose which band to see): Pixies; Morrissey; PJ Harvey ...
The newly scheduled event featured a marathon, half marathon, and relay marathon event. The move proved popular and at least 7213 runners took part in the activities that year. [2] At the 2011 edition, the marathon and relay events saw more than five thousand participants each, making a record total of 10,203 runners. [3]