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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]
For a performance to be ratified as a world record by World Athletics, the marathon course on which the performance occurred must be 42.195 km (26.219 mi) long, [34] measured in a defined manner using the calibrated bicycle method [35] (the distance in kilometers being the official distance; the distance in miles is an approximation) and meet other criteria that rule out artificially fast ...
At the time of his death, Whitlock was known to be the only person over 70 to run a marathon in less than three hours, [2] although Gene Dykes has subsequently done so several times, as has Jo Schoonbroodt. [3] [4] In the rescheduled 2021 London Marathon, Mike Sheridan of Newbury AC joined this list by running 2:59:37, which he bettered in 2023 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Here are Boston Marathon finishing times for runners from Seacoast New Hampshire and southern York County, Maine. ... 16 per mile. Read on for a look at local runners and a list of their finishing ...
Eddie Izzard ran the equivalent of 43 marathons in 51 days in 2009, though none of these was an organized marathon. [ 65 ] In 2007, Hamish Blake reportedly ran the length of a marathon around a track in Melbourne, "in an attempt to beat Katie Holmes's marathon time.
Kelvin Kiptum Cheruiyot (2 December 1999 – 11 February 2024) was a Kenyan long-distance runner who currently holds the marathon world record.As of 2024, he holds three of the seven fastest marathons in history, [5] and was ranked first among the world's men's marathon runners at the time of his death.