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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]
She adds that women average 4:45, and men average 4:20. The world marathon record for men was set by Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya at the 2022 Berlin Marathon, where he completed the full distance in ...
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]
The late Kenyan athlete Kelvin Kiptum set a men's world record time of 2:00:35 on October 8, 2023, at the 2023 Chicago Marathon, a mixed-sex race. [1] [2] Kenyan athlete Ruth Chepng'etich broke the women's world record with a time of 2:09:56 on October 13, 2024 at the 2024 Chicago Marathon, a mixed-sex race. [3]
The women's world best is held by Florence Kiplagat of Kenya who ran a time of 1:01:54 at the 2015 Barcelona Half Marathon in Barcelona, Spain. [3] IAAF records require the 20 km distance to be run on a course without a significant drop in elevation between the start and finish points and where the birds-eye distance between the start of finish ...
Marugame Half Marathon: Marugame, Japan [29] 1:07:52: Edna Kiplagat Kenya: 15 November 1979: 44: 14 January 2024: Houston Half Marathon: Houston, United States [30] W45 1:09:00 Sinead Diver Australia 17 Feb 1977 45 24 Apr 2022 Meta : Time : Trials Malaga, Spain [31] W50: 1:15:18: Linda Somers United States: 7 May 1961: 50: 30 Oct 2011: Los ...
Hall's personal best time for the marathon is 2:20:32 set at the Marathon Project in Chandler, Arizona on December 22, 2020, making her the third-fastest American woman in history. [1] [2] She is the second-fastest American woman ever to run the half marathon, running 1:07:15 on January 16, 2022–an American record at the time. [3]
Typically, the half marathon features about 100 entries and the 10K attracts around 200 runners. The 2011 edition had a record high of 366 entrants into the top level races. [7] The course record for the half marathon is held by Sally Kaptich Chepyego with her time of 1:08:17 hours set in 2015 – the second time she had broken the record.