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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]
Shortest race (laps, duration, distance) 1 lap, 3 min 27.071 s 6.880 km (4.275 mi) 2021 Belgian Grand Prix (Race red-flagged due to heavy rain) [23] Fewest laps without a red flag: 12: 1971 German Grand Prix [24] Longest race (duration) 4 h 4 min 39.540 s: 2011 Canadian Grand Prix (Race stopped for 2 hours due to heavy rain) [25]
The 25K run (25 kilometers, approximately 15.52 miles) is a long distance running footrace that is between the distance of a half marathon and a marathon.It was formerly an official world record distance in road running by World Athletics, [1] but has since been downgraded to world best status.
Ugandan Jacob Kiplimo set a men's half-marathon word record on Sunday and also became the first runner to go under 57 minutes. The 24-year-old Kiplimo set a time of 56 minutes, 41 seconds at a ...
The first World Championship Grand Prix was held in 1950 at Silverstone; since then 77 circuits in total have hosted a Grand Prix.A lot of classic (older) circuits have hosted Grands Prix using different configurations throughout their history: Nürburgring, Spa-Francorchamps, Monza, etc. Taking Nürburgring as an example, the first World Championship race there used the 22.835 km (14.189 mi ...
Nike announced the race would take place at the Monza Circuit near Monza, Italy, where Kipchoge ran a half marathon personal best of 59:17 during a test event. [9] 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]
In road events, the course is not required to be a circuit, but the overall decrease in elevation between the start and finish shall not exceed 1:1000, i.e. 1 m/km. In road events, the start and finish points of a course, measured along a theoretical straight line between them, shall not be further apart than 50% of the race distance.
Breaking2 was a project by Nike to break the two-hour barrier for the marathon. Nike announced the project in November 2016 and organized a team of three elite runners who trained for a private race. The event was held on the Formula One race track Autodromo Nazionale di Monza in Italy on May 6, 2017. [1] [2] [3] [4]