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A half marathon is a road running event of 21.0975 kilometres (13 miles 192.5 yards)—half the distance of a marathon. [1] It is common for a half marathon event to be held concurrently with a marathon or a 5K race, using almost the same course with a late start, an early finish, or shortcuts. [ 2 ]
In 2008, the Competitor Group took over Elite Racing, the company that had been organizing the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon. The following year, 2009, an internal audit revealed that the charity in whose name the race had been run, Elite Racing Foundation for Children, Education & Medical Research, had been improperly commingling funds with the for-profit Elite Racing.
Marathon 2:32:51: World Half Marathon Championships: Oslo, Norway 2nd Half marathon 1:09:35: 1995 World Half Marathon Championships: Montbéliard–Belfort, France 2nd Half marathon 1:10:28: World Championships: Gothenburg, Sweden 2nd Marathon 2:26:25: 1996 Olympic Games: Atlanta, United States 44th Marathon 2:42:01: New York City Marathon
[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. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] For women, the earliest ARRS-recognised time is that of American Kathy Gibbons , who finished the distance in 83:56 on 7 March 1971 in ...
Half marathon: 01:06:09 NR (Houston 2025) Weini Kelati Frezghi (ወይኒ ቀላቲ ፍረዝጊ) (born December 1, 1996) [ 1 ] is an American middle and long distance runner . Born in Eritrea, she claimed asylum in the United States in July 2014 and subsequently achieved multiple victories in state and national level competitions while ...
Radcliffe is a former world champion in the marathon, half marathon and cross country. She has also been European champion over 10,000 metres and in cross country. On the track , Radcliffe won the 10,000 metres silver medal at the 1999 World Championships [ 3 ] and was the 2002 Commonwealth champion at 5000 metres .
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Emily Sisson (born October 12, 1991) [1] is an American long-distance runner.She set the North American record in the marathon on October 9, 2022, when she ran 2:18:29 to finish second at the Chicago Marathon.