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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 eighth running of the Eau Claire Marathon took place in 2016 with 3800 runners participating in affiliated races, including 417 in the marathon. [83] [84] Makoto Westby won the women's race with a time of 3:22:37, while David Luy won the men's race with a time of 2:32:50. [85] The Eau Claire Marathon had an app for the first time in 2016. [86]
In 2005, the average marathon time in the U.S. was 4 hours 32 minutes 8 seconds for men, 5 hours 6 minutes 8 seconds for women. [164] In 2015, the men's and women's median marathon times were 4 hours 20 minutes 13 seconds and 4 hours 45 minutes 30 seconds respectively. [165] A goal many runners aim for is to break certain time barriers.
Peter Riegel (January 30, 1935 – May 28, 2018) was an American research engineer who developed a mathematical formula for predicting race times for runners and other athletes given a certain performance at another distance.
The record was broken at a duel at the 2009 Route 66 marathon by Zac Freudenburg, whose 2:32:10 time beat Wardian's 2:34:37 time. [18] Wardian also was a former record holder of the fastest Marathon on a treadmill. [8] He qualified and participated in the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Men's Olympic Marathon trials.
Kipsang ran a year earlier, at the 2012 Honolulu Marathon, finishing with a time of 2 hours 12 minutes and 31 seconds. [15] He won this marathon by negative splitting. Kipsang came through the half waypoint in 1 hour 7 minutes and 7 seconds. He finished the second half of the marathon in 1 hour 5 minutes and 24 seconds. [15]
From the tortoises to the hares! Celebrities, including Ryan Reynolds and Kevin Hart, have gone the distance and completed 26.2-mile races. After witnessing the New York City Marathon as a ...
The Abu Dhabi Marathon (also known as the ADNOC Abu Dhabi Marathon for sponsorship reasons [2]) is an annual road-based marathon hosted by Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, since 2018. [ 5 ] [ 2 ] [ 6 ] The marathon is a World Athletics Elite Label Road Race and a member of the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races .