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Ed Whitlock (March 6, 1931 – March 13, 2017) was an English-born Canadian long-distance runner, and the first person over 70 years old to run a marathon in less than three hours, with a time of 2:59:10 in 2003.
Peter Riegel (January 30, 1935 – May 28, 2018) was an American research engineer who developed a mathematical formula for predicting race times for runners and other athletes given a certain performance at another distance. The formula has been widely adopted on account of its simplicity and predictive accuracy.
Former marathon world record holder; holds Australian national record Belayneh Densamo Ethiopia: 7 2:06:50 Held the world record for the span of 10 years. Leonard Edelen United States: 1964 2:14:28 In 1963, he became the first American to hold the world record since 1925. Steve Edwards First person to complete 500 sub 3:30:00 marathons [3]
Evan Kim, 12, front, runs with family members and a running group to train for marathons on March 10, 2024 in Irvine, California.She ran a 2:58 in the Ventura marathon recently, making her the ...
The marathon-length runs were just the beginning of a challenge Humphreys has set himself to complete this month: running 30 marathons in 30 days in 30 countries. The 33-year-old Briton, who ...
Ricardo Abad Martínez (Tafalla, January 8, 1971) is a Spanish ultrarunner. [1] He holds the world record for consecutive marathons run on consecutive days, 607. [2]He is famous for executing the project "500 marathons in 500 days", in which he completed 500 marathons in 500 consecutive days.
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Wardian set the world record for fastest marathon while pushing a jogging stroller from May 2007 to November 2009. [8] [18] He set the record at the 2007 Frederick Marathon with a time of 2:42:21. The record was broken at a duel at the 2009 Route 66 marathon by Zac Freudenburg, whose 2:32:10 time beat Wardian's 2:34:37 time. [18]