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On 30 March 1991, Arturo Barrios ran a world record distance of 21.101 km in one hour, becoming the first man to run the half marathon distance in under one hour. [11] On 3 April 1993, Moses Tanui became the first man to run a half marathon race in under one hour, with a time of 59:47. [12]
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]
Ryan Hall (born October 14, 1982, in Kirkland, Washington) [2] is a retired American long-distance runner who held the U.S. record in the half marathon from 2007 to 2025. With his half marathon record time (59:43), he became the first U.S. runner to break the one-hour barrier in the event. [3]
But running a certain time in another marathon first serves as guaranteed entry to these sought-after races. ... “If you’ve run a half-marathon (21.1 km) in 1:45 and you want to predict your ...
While races over imperial measured distances were very common in the first half of the 20th century, only the mile remains common today due to its historical prominence in track and field: all other imperial measured distance races became increasingly rare, and the IAAF deleted these events from the world record books in 1976.
The length of an Olympic marathon was not precisely fixed at first. Despite this, the marathon races in the first few Olympic Games were about 40 kilometres (25 mi), [44] roughly the distance from Marathon to Athens by the longer, flatter route. The exact length depended on the route established for each venue.
This 12-week half-marathon training guide created by run coaches will tell you exactly how to run a half-marathon with tips for all levels of runners. The Only Half-Marathon Training Plan You Need ...
In September, she won the Lille Half Marathon with a finish time of 1:07:00, which was the seventh fastest of all-time. [ 7 ] This performance qualified her for the World Half Marathon Championships in Birmingham, where she outpaced Aberu Kebede to win her first world championship, set a new personal best of 1:06:36, and broke the championship ...