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Meadows Marathon Date 1st Sunday in March Location Edinburgh, Scotland Event type Circuit Distance Marathon, Half marathon, 10K, 5K Established 2007 Official site www.meadowsmarathon.org.uk The Meadows Marathon is a non-profit annual charity marathon, half marathon, 10K and 5K. It is held annually on the first Sunday of March at The Meadows in Edinburgh. It is the largest event organised by ...
On 5 September 1982, the Edinburgh Festival Marathon was the first mass marathon event to be held in the city. [1] Starting in Holyrood Park and running through the Grassmarket and down Lothian Road, along Princes Street and down into Leith, along to Cramond and along the coast back through Silverknowes to Leith, up Easter Road and finishing in Meadowbank Stadium.
National Cycle Network (NCN) Route 76 is a Sustrans National Route that runs from Berwick-upon-Tweed to Kirkcaldy. The route is 168 miles (270 km) in length and is fully open and signed in both directions. Between Dunbar and Kirkcaldy the route is known as the Round the Forth. [1]
Following the debut of the women's marathon at the summer Olympics in 1984, Scottish Athletics added the 10,000 metres to their championships in 1985, and in 1989 they added a 3 x 800 metres relay. In 1990 the triple jump was trialled and became a championship event in 1991, then in 1992 the hammer was tried on the same basis and became a ...
His final marathon was the 100th Boston Marathon, in 1996. He completed 115 marathons, 112 under 2:50, 103 under 2:45, and 29 under 2:20. Hill recorded 21 marathon victories in his career, placing second 13 times, and third 8 times. [20] Hill was president of the Road Runners Club from 1987 to 1988. Hill died on 23 May 2021, at the age of 82. [21]
Logo of the event. The Ineos 1:59 Challenge, held on 12 October 2019, was an attempt by Kenyan athlete Eliud Kipchoge to break the two-hour mark for running the marathon distance, which he achieved in a time of 1:59:40.2.
Between Bathgate and Airdrie the route follows alongside the newly reopened Airdrie-Bathgate railway line, passing Armadale, Blackridge and Caldercruix.Where the cycle route merges onto the A89 (Main street) [Plains] then through a short section of residential streets in Airdrie, (Craigneuk, Gartlea and Cairnhill) before proceeding into Coatdyke, the route joins a disused railway line between ...
The Hague Half Marathon The Hague, Netherlands Half marathon: 1:00:49 Alistair Cragg: 20 March 2011 New York City Half Marathon: New York City, United States [14] [15] 25 km (road) 1:16:20+ Stephen Scullion: 4 October 2020 London Marathon: London, United Kingdom [16] 30 km (road) 1:31:53+ Stephen Scullion: 4 October 2020 London Marathon: London ...