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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 ...
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.
Becca Pizzi in Moozy's, the ice cream shop she manages, in 2016. Rebecca Pizzi (born 1980) [1] [2] is an American marathon runner from Belmont, Massachusetts.In 2016 she was the first American woman to complete the World Marathon Challenge, a series of seven marathons on seven continents in seven consecutive days, for which she holds the current record. [3]
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World Marathon Challenge is a multievent marathon competition that involves completing seven full 26.2-mile (42.2 km) run marathon races on seven continents in seven days. History [ edit ]
Marathon season has become as inevitable as football season, with events like the Berlin Marathon and New York City Marathon setting participation records—over 56,000 runners started the latter ...
At the time, Kipchoge was the defending Olympic champion, having won the marathon at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, and Zersenay was the half marathon WR holder (58:23, set in 2010). Nike also brought in 30 of their top sponsored athletes to serve as pacers for the race, including Andrew Bumbalough , Sam Chelanga , Chris Derrick ...
Hall's personal best time for the marathon is 2:20:32 set at the Marathon Project in Chandler, Arizona on December 22, 2020, making her the third-fastest American woman in history. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] She is the second-fastest American woman ever to run the half marathon, running 1:07:15 on January 16, 2022–an American record at the time.