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The half marathon is a half distance marathon (21.1 km) that is in accordance with world standards; The half marathon relay; The 10K run. Also, the event also holds two friendly enjoyment races: The fun run is a 2.3 km event; The kids marathon is a race for children, typically held week before the main events.
Rabbits Abel Kirui, Elijah Keitany [] and Wilson Kigen [] pacing Haile Gebrselassie and Charles Kamathi at the Berlin Marathon 2008. A pacemaker or pacesetter, sometimes informally called a rabbit, [1] is a runner who leads a middle-or long-distance running event for the first section to ensure a high speed and to avoid excessive tactical racing.
6 Mar 1931: 76: 15 Apr 2007: Rotterdam Marathon: Rotterdam, Netherlands M80 progression: 3:15:53.9: Ed Whitlock Canada: 6 Mar 1931: 80: 16 Oct 2011: Toronto Waterfront Marathon: Toronto, Canada M85 progression: 3:56:38: Ed Whitlock Canada: 6 Mar 1931: 85: 16 Oct 2016: Toronto Waterfront Marathon: Toronto, Canada M90: 6:35:47: Mike Fremont ...
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 ...
Masters athletics is a class of the sport of athletics for athletes of over 35 years of age. The events include track and field, road running and cross country running.These are the current world records in various five-year-groups, maintained by WMA, the World Association of Masters Athletes, which is designated by the World Athletics (formerly IAAF) to conduct the worldwide sport of Masters ...
The following table shows the yearly rankings in the marathon since 1921 (men) and 1970 (women), based on the best performance in the classic distance race of 42.195 km (26 miles 385 yards). The data for the women's marathon from 1970 to 1979 is compiled from the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races . [ 1 ]
On 30 March 1991, Arturo Barrios ran a world record distance of 21.101 km in one hour, becoming the first man to run the half marathon distance in under one hour. [11] On 3 April 1993, Moses Tanui became the first man to run a half marathon race in under one hour, with a time of 59:47.
The attempt took place on 6 May 2017 at 5:45 a.m. Central European Time . [10] Groups of 6 pacemakers ran in a diamond formation around the three runners and aimed to go through every 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) in 14:13. For the first 5-kilometre section split, they were one second off the pace, going through in 14:14, and they later went through ...