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The 2012 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships was held in Kavarna, Bulgaria on 6 October 2012. [ 1 ] Detailed reports on the event and an appraisal of the results were given.
The 2024 New York City Marathon will be the 53rd edition of the annual marathon race in New York City that is set to take place on Sunday, November 3, 2024. [1] For the 2024 event, New York City Road Runners said that they had received over 165 thousand entries for the race, the second highest number since the race began.
The 2023 New York City Marathon takes place on 5 November, the culmination of months-long training for runners around the world. However, it also marks the start of a long period of training for ...
The Doha Marathon (also known as the Ooredoo Doha Marathon for sponsorship reasons [1]) is an annual road-based marathon hosted by Doha, Qatar, since 2013. [2] [3] [a] The marathon is a World Athletics Elite Label Road Race. [4] During the race weekend, a half marathon, a 10K race, and a 5K race are also offered. [1]
The Gifu Seiryu Half Marathon (ぎふ清流ハーフマラソン) is an annual half marathon road running competition held in May in Gifu, Japan.. First held in 2011, the race is also called the Naoko Takahashi Cup (高橋尚子杯, Takahashi Naoko Hai), [1] named after Naoko Takahashi, the retired local runner who won the marathon at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and broke the marathon world ...
The race day's events also include a marathon team relay event, a 4.2 km fun run and a half marathon. In 2011, Haile Gebrselassie ran the fastest ever time on Austrian soil for the half marathon distance. [ 5 ]
The World Marathon Majors (WMM) (known for sponsorship reasons as the Abbott World Marathon Majors) is a championship-style competition for marathon runners that started in 2006. A points-based competition founded on six major marathon races recognised as the most high-profile on the calendar, the series comprises annual races for the cities of ...
The current London Marathon was founded in 1981 by Olympic champion and journalist Chris Brasher and athlete John Disley. [14] [15] Shortly after completing the New York City Marathon in November 1979 Brasher wrote an article for The Observer newspaper which began: