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The Malaga Marathon (Spanish: Maratón Málaga [5]: 1 [6] or Maratón de Málaga [7]: 1 [8] [a]) is an annual road-based marathon hosted by Málaga, Spain, since 2010. [ 1 ] [ 12 ] [ 4 ] [ 8 ] The marathon is a World Athletics Label Road Race , and was a member of the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS).
Japanese Olympian Yuko Arimori organized the first Angkor Marathon in 1996. The Angkor Wat International Half Marathon was first organized in 1996 by Yuko Arimori, the first Japanese woman to win a marathon medal in the Olympics. [5] The motto of the marathon is "Building a better future. Aid for the children and disabled in Cambodia".
For a performance to be ratified as a world record by World Athletics, the marathon course on which the performance occurred must be 42.195 km (26.219 mi) long, [34] measured in a defined manner using the calibrated bicycle method [35] (the distance in kilometers being the official distance; the distance in miles is an approximation) and meet other criteria that rule out artificially fast ...
The 2011 Illinois Marathon took place from Friday, April 29, 2011, to Saturday, April 30, 2011. New this year was the option of a 10k race in addition to the continuing full marathon, half marathon, marathon relay, 5k, and youth run. Additionally, the 5K was now held the Friday evening before the Saturday races.
Along with the full marathon a half marathon and several races of shorter distances are arranged. In 2011 a total of 12,481 people competed in the various events that were held, [2] 595 solely in the full marathon. [3] Since 2006 the marathon has been sponsored by the Icelandic bank Íslandsbanki, known as Glitnir between 2006 and 2009.
In 2023, a combined 34,000 runners participated in the race weekend, including the full marathon, half marathon, 8K, and children's race. This broke the record for the total number of participants. [4] In 2024, the marathon race had 12,381 finishers. This set a new record for the race, passing the previous peak of 11,641 set back in 2012. [12]
The Dublin Marathon is an annual 26.2 mile (42.2 km) road marathon in Dublin, Ireland, held on the last Sunday in October. Prior to 2016, the race took place on the last Monday in October, which is a public holiday in Ireland. Held each year since 1980, the marathon had a record 22,500 registrants for the 2019 race, including over 5,000 ...
[8] [3] The bends and cobblestone roads made for a particularly difficult marathon and this led to the change in 2011 for an easier, faster race. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] An AIMS -certified course, [ 11 ] it was ineligible for world records due to an overall net drop of 75 m from 2001 to 2009, but the current course is now eligible.