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Susan Nicholl is the race director and founder of the event. [2] With 20,000 registrants and 13,537 finishers in 2009, [3] the race bills itself as the fifth largest half marathon in the United States and the 21st largest road running event in the country. [4] According to the Chicago Sun-Times, this race is known as "The People's Race". [5]
Tempo run workouts are used by runners to improve their speed during race training protocols. Here, a coach explains what are tempo runs and how to use them. How Tempo Run Workouts Can Make You Faster
Some of the most elite runners from around the world — and about 40,000 other committed participants — are here to run 26.2 miles Sunday when the Chicago Marathon marks its 45th anniversary.
The 2022 Chicago Marathon was the 44th edition of the annual marathon race in Chicago, held on Sunday, October 9, 2022. [1] An Elite Platinum Label marathon, it was the third of four World Marathon Majors events to be held over the span of six weeks. [2] [3] [a] More than 40,000 runners were expected to take part in the event. [4]
Logo of the event. The Ineos 1:59 Challenge, held on 12 October 2019, was an attempt by Kenyan athlete Eliud Kipchoge to break the two-hour mark for running the marathon distance, which he achieved in a time of 1:59:40.2. The event was specifically created for Kipchoge and held in Vienna, Austria to help market the Nike ZoomX Vaporfly 4%. [1]
The 5K run is a long-distance road running competition over a distance of five kilometres (3.107 mi). Also referred to as the 5K road race, 5 km, or simply 5K, it is the shortest of the most common road running distances. It is usually distinguished from the 5000 metres track running event by stating the distance in kilometres, rather than metres.
But with the exception of the marathon and three race walking events, ... 17 Apr 2022: Grangemouth, United ... 2.1 5K run. 2.2 8K run. 2.3 10K run. 2.4 12K run. 2.5 ...
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.