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The Napa Valley Marathon has been run in March since 1979, accepts only about 3,000 runners, and is widely considered one of the most scenic marathons in the United States. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The men's and women's winners of the race win their weight in wine.
Date Name Location Country Label Rf. 2023.01.15: 10K Valencia Ibercaja: Valencia Spain Label [5]2023.01.15: Houston Half Marathon: Houston United States Gold [5]2023.01.15: Houston Marathon
The Labels are assessed and awarded each year. Race organisers have to apply to the World Athletics for recognition, and show that their race can meet a number of criteria. The criteria vary for the different levels; [11] The race must be organised in a way that minimizes ecological damage to the surrounding areas.
Established in 1962, the name for the competition stems from the region's wine-making tradition (Route du Vin being the French for Wine Route). [2] The race has had a number of different courses. In the early life of the race the course began in Schengen and finished in Wormeldange. This changed in 1975 to begin in Remich and end at ...
The competition was launched as the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 1992 and held annually until 2010. [1] It was renamed the IAAF World Road Running Championships in 2006 and reduced in distance to a 20K run, but reverted to the half marathon distance the following year and to the original competition name the year after that. The ...
Some of that era, such as the Route du Vin Half Marathon and San Blas Half Marathon (which both took the official distance in 1966) are extant today. [7] [8] The earliest half marathon world record accepted by the Association of Track and Field Statisticians is that of 67:01 minutes run by Englishman Brian Hill-Cottingham in Romford in 1960.
Road running in a U.S. Air Force marathon People taking part in the Bristol Half Marathon Athletes at the start of a 10-mile race in Gloucestershire in England, UK in 1990. The Dam tot Damloop is a road race from Amsterdam to Zaandam in the Netherlands. Road running is the sport of running on a measured course over an established road.
Los Olivos is a community in the Santa Ynez Valley, which is in the northern half of Santa Barbara County, California. It is one of six towns in the valley, along with Buellton to the west, Los Alamos to the northwest, Santa Ynez to the southeast, Ballard to the south, and Solvang south of Ballard. [5] The town is located on California State ...