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Pages in category "Half marathons in the United Kingdom" The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total. ... This page was last edited on 27 June 2020 ...
The Royal Parks Half Marathon, first held in 2008, takes place each October, starting and finishing in Hyde Park. It is the only half marathon that travels through central London and four of the Royal Parks and is one of London's largest half marathons, with over 16,000 participants.
The Hackney Half is an annual half-marathon held during the spring in the London borough of Hackney. The first event was held in 2014, with over 12,000 runners taking part. [1] The event is London's biggest half-marathon event, with 24,000 runners taking part in the 2023 event. [2] In 2020, the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [3]
The 2020 event faced criticism after it went ahead on despite the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic rapidly increasing; the UK went into lockdown nine days after the race took place. A number of organisations pulled out, and local MP Wera Hobhouse called for it to be cancelled, saying "protecting the most vulnerable in our city from a further ...
The first ever Virtual Cardiff Half Marathon was hosted in October 2020 and again in October 2021, with thousands of people taking on the 13.1 mile distance from locations around the world. In 2022, the rescheduled '2020' event took place on Sunday 27 March (the 18th edition) and was the last race sponsored by Cardiff University .
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 ]
It was first run in 1989 and has taken place every year except 2001 when the race was canceled due to the UK outbreak of Foot-and-mouth disease. [1] The 2020 edition of the race was originally due to talk place on Sunday 6 April, due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, the decision was taken to postpone the event in March, with Sunday 6 September 2020 as ...
The Big Half is an annual road running event over the half marathon distance (21.1 km), held in central London, United Kingdom. The event, first held in 2018, initially took place in early March, a few weeks before the London Marathon , but after the COVID-19 pandemic switched to dates in late August/early September.