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Even there, she said, she would not take any statistical risks and instead of the 42.195 kilometers (26.2 miles) a day, she made sure her run stood at 42.5 km — just for safe measure with the Guinness administrators. Dosogne wishes she could have stretched her days the same way though.
Steve Edwards, a member of the 100 Marathon Club, set the world record for running 500 marathons in the fastest average finish time of 3 hours 15 minutes, at the same time becoming the first man to run 500 marathons with an official time below 3 hours 30 minutes, on 11 November 2012 at Milton Keynes, England.
Triathlon, as defined by the International Triathlon Union, may feature running sections ranging from five kilometres (3.1 miles) to the marathon distance (42.195 kilometres, or 26 miles and 385 yards), depending on the race type. [46] The related sport of duathlon is a combination of cycling and distance running. [47]
Cregg didn't follow any formal training regimen when preparing to run Grandma's, but ran frequently and participated in a variety of local races. During the time, she ran six days a week and ran 15 miles (24 km) alternated by 5 miles (8.0 km) with one day off per week. As of 2021, the 1977 Grandma's Marathon is the only marathon Cregg has run.
Week 6: 1-mile jog, 1-mile run, ½-mile jog, .07-mile run How to measure your distance If you have a smart watch that you use to track steps , you can use it to track miles for you.
A marathon is always measured by the same distance: 26.2 miles, but the time it takes to finish depends on your fitness level, training and the course itself.
In the 2024 Summer Olympics, the women's marathon was the final event, recognising gender equality and women's rights, with the men's going off the day before. [ 10 ] The Olympic records for the event are 2:06:26 hours for men, set by Tamirat Tola in 2024, and 2:22:55 hours for women, set by Sifan Hassan in 2024.
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 ...