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The city of Nanning was announced as the host venue for the 2010 World Half Marathon Championship at the IAAF Council Meeting in Monaco in November 2008. The winning bid was a continuation of a series of major international athletics events in the People's Republic of China, which included the 2006 World Junior Championships and a highly successful athletics competition at the 2008 Beijing ...
The 2010 event was unique because it took place at a time and date consisting purely of the number 10. The half marathon started at 10 seconds past 10:10, with the date being 10/10/10. Record numbers of runners took part, though the event was overshadowed by the deaths of two runners in the half marathon.
Lisbon Half Marathon: Lisbon, Portugal [95] 15 km: 42:03+ Mo Farah: 26 March 2016 World Half Marathon Championships: Cardiff, United Kingdom [102] 10 miles: 45:57 Emile Cairess: 4 March 2023 Podium Breaking 10 Barrowford Barrowford, United Kingdom [103] 45:13 # Ian Stewart: 8 May 1977 Stoke, United Kingdom 18 km: 47:50+ Mo Farah: 22 March 2015 ...
Pages in category "Half marathons in the United Kingdom" The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This is a list of notable half marathon races. [ nb 1 ] According to Running Times Magazine , There were approximately 870 half marathons in the United States in 2009. [ 1 ]
The race has grown to become the second biggest half marathon in the UK. The number of runners has grown year on year. The Cardiff Half Marathon is now host to the Welsh Half Marathon Championships, recognising Wales’s best athletes. 2010’s winners were Cardiff AAC’s Michael Johnson and Neath’s Anne-Marie Hutchison.
The Great Birmingham Run is an annual half marathon road running event held in Birmingham, UK in October. Formerly known as the Birmingham Half Marathon, from 2011 it became part of the Great Run series of road races. [1] Established in 2008, it incorporated the 2009 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. [1]
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]