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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 ...
In running events up to 200 m in distance and in horizontal jump events, wind assistance is permitted only up to 2.0 m/s. In decathlon or heptathlon, average wind assistance of less than 2.0 m/s is required across all applicable disciplines; and maximum of 4.0 m/s in any one event. As an exception, according to rule 36.2, specific event ...
Nagoya Women's Marathon: Nagoya, Japan W45 progression: 2:29:00: Tatyana Pozdnyakova Ukraine: 4 Mar 1955: 46: 13 Oct 2002: Providence, United States 2:21:34: Sinead Diver Australia: 17 Feb 1977: 45: 4 Dec 2022: Valencia Marathon: Valencia, Spain W50 progression: 2:31:05: Tatyana Pozdniakova Ukraine: 4 Mar 1955: 50: 06 Mar 2005: Los Angeles ...
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. [165] 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. [166] A goal many runners aim for is to break certain time barriers.
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 ]
Also in 1977, Cregg won the Carson Park Ten Mile race held annually in Eau Claire, Wisconsin in a time of 69:14. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] Cregg also competed in a 24 hour race organized by the Indianhead Track Club, and was the only woman to finish the race having run an average of 6:35 per mile for 25 miles. [ 20 ]
30-minute run with 5-minute warm-up and 24 minutes of running. Day 7: Long run. 10 minute pre-run warm-up. 16-mile long run. The long runs start at four miles and gradually increase in distance to 20.
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]