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On 5 September 1982, the Edinburgh Festival Marathon was the first mass marathon event to be held in the city. [1] Starting in Holyrood Park and running through the Grassmarket and down Lothian Road, along Princes Street and down into Leith, along to Cramond and along the coast back through Silverknowes to Leith, up Easter Road and finishing in Meadowbank Stadium.
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 ]
Meadows Marathon Date 1st Sunday in March Location Edinburgh, Scotland Event type Circuit Distance Marathon, Half marathon, 10K, 5K Established 2007 Official site www.meadowsmarathon.org.uk The Meadows Marathon is a non-profit annual charity marathon, half marathon, 10K and 5K. It is held annually on the first Sunday of March at The Meadows in Edinburgh. It is the largest event organised by ...
From 2016, a half-marathon event has been held in those Olympic years, and both the marathon and half-marathon events held as part of the Championships also function as the principle European elite team events at those distances. The championships were long dominated by Eastern Bloc countries, especially the Soviet Union and East Germany.
The race has four different sections: the marathon, the half-marathon, the 10k and the 5k. All four races will be held on Saturday, Dec. 7. Races will begin between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m.
The city also organises a half-marathon, as well as 10 km (6.2 mi) and 5 km (3.1 mi) races, including a 5 km (3 mi) race on 1 January each year. Edinburgh has a speedway team, the Edinburgh Monarchs, which, since the loss of its stadium in the city, has raced at the Lothian Arena in Armadale, West Lothian.
Antrim Coast Half Marathon (Elite Start) Ethiopian runners have been successful in the competition, accounting for winning both the 2021 and 2022 men's and women's editions. The women's course record of 1 hr 04 min 22 sec was set by Yalemzerf Yehualaw in 2022, which is the current [when?] UK & Ireland All comers record for the half marathon ...
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