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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 ]
The official Seven Continents Club (SCC) was founded in 1995 when Marathon Tours & Travel created the inaugural Antarctica Marathon & Half-Marathon and made it possible for runners to conquer a marathon or half-marathon on seven continents. With more than 8,100 members from 87 countries, the SCC continues to service clients interested in ...
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 ...
The Guadalajara Half Marathon [b] (also known as the Guadalajara International Half Marathon [c] or 21K GDL [5]) is an annual road-based half marathon hosted by Guadalajara, Mexico, since 1985. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 1 ] [ 7 ] The half marathon is a World Athletics Gold Label Road Race and a member of the Association of International Marathons and ...
The course of the half marathon has a point-to-point format. It starts on the Point Loma peninsula next to Cabrillo National Monument – some 300 feet (91 m) above sea-level. The course heads north and descends towards San Diego Bay. Turning eastwards onto North Harbor Drive, the race enters a flat straight around the five mile (8 km) mark.
The distance of the race has also varied: it was not reliably measured for the half marathon distance until 1995. The first four editions were too long, as was the 1972 race. From 1966 to 1979, the courses were generally short and from 1979 to 1999 the times run on the course were aided by an overall downhill elevation.
The half marathon is a half distance marathon (21.1 km) that is in accordance with world standards; The half marathon relay; The 10K run. Also, the event also holds two friendly enjoyment races: The fun run is a 2.3 km event; The kids marathon is a race for children, typically held week before the main events.
1:30 pace group on 7th Avenue passing Park Central Hotel, 2008 Port Authority Bus Terminal in 2013 World Financial Center in 2016. The New York City Half Marathon (branded as the United Airlines NYC Half) is an annual half marathon road running race from Brooklyn's Prospect Park to Manhattan's Central Park via the Manhattan Bridge, held since 2006.