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Guayaquil Marathon

The race starts 5:30 AM at the soccer stadium "Estadio Modelo Alberto Spencer", being the start also the finish point for 10K runners, Half Marathon runners and Full Marathon runners.

Irene Jerotich Kosgei

She was third at the Grand 25 Berlin in May 2004 (running a time of 1:29:23) and won the half marathon in Würzburg the following week.

Leila Aman

Leila Aman (born 24 November 1977 in Arsi) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, who specializes in the half marathon and cross-country running.

Maja Neuenschwander

She made her half marathon debut in Uster in 2000 and came fifth with a time of 76:26 minutes.

Mohammed Abduh Bakhet

His personal best times are 29:18.76 minutes in the 10,000 metres, achieved at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Beijing; 1:01:38 hours in the half marathon, achieved at the 2007 World Road Running Championships in Udine; and 2:13:19 hours in the marathon, achieved in September 2009 in the Toronto Marathon.

Rennsteiglauf

Other competitions are a marathon (43.5 km) from Neuhaus am Rennweg to Schmiedefeld, a half marathon from Oberhof to Schmiedefeld, short cross country races for people with intellectual disabilities and several hiking courses from 10 to 50 km.

Rock 'n' Roll USA Marathon

The SunTrust Rock 'n' Roll USA Marathon, formerly known as the National Marathon, is an annual marathon and half marathon held in Washington, D.C. It was established in 2006 as an annual event.

Sissel Grottenberg

Sissel Sofie Grottenberg (born 17 August 1956 in Sarpsborg, Østfold) is a retired Norwegian long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon race and half marathon.

Tesfayohannes Mesfin

His personal best times are 13:27.06 minutes in the 5000 metres (Seville, 2006); 28:19.88 minutes in the 10,000 metres (Bambous, 2006); 1:03:08 hours in the half marathon (Edmonton, 2005) and 2:12:17 hours in the marathon (Hamburg Marathon, 2008).

Teyba Erkesso

Teyba Erkesso Wako (born 30 October 1982 in Arsi) is an Ethiopian runner who specializes in road running (including the half marathon and marathon) as well as cross-country running.

Tlmače

The following event would be now known as TLMAČSKÝ POLMARATÓN (Tlmače Half Marathon).


see also

Adriana Aparecida da Silva

She won the Río de Janeiro Half Marathon in July and went on to have her highest global placing at the 2010 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in Nanning, where she was 25th in the rankings.

Atsede Baysa

She was the half marathon silver medallist at the 2007 All-Africa Games.

Chalmers Naval Architecture Students' Society

One of the popular events is participating in the Annual Gothenburg City Half Marathon.

CoppaFeel!

Radio presenters Greg James and Dermot O'Leary both ran the 2013 Bath Half Marathon, wearing giant inflatable ‘boobs’, in support of CoppaFeel!

Desiree Ficker

On January 28, 2007 in the 3M Austin Half Marathon, Ficker finished in a personal best 1:14:07 (5:39/mile pace) to place third behind Kathy Butler (1:11:12) and Caroline Cheptanui (1:13:55).

Great Swim

Taking its inspiration from the world’s biggest half marathon the Great North Run, Great Swim uses the formula of mass participation events to provide a focus and a challenge for which the individual can train.

Kenza Dahmani

Her half marathon performance led to her first senior international selections: she was runner-up at the Arab Athletics Championships, the bronze medallist at the 2007 All-Africa Games, and the silver medallist at the 2007 Pan Arab Games.

Lornah Kiplagat

On 14 October 2007, Kiplagat set a new half marathon world record of 1:06:25 at the World Road Running Championships at Udine, Italy, while defending the title she first won in 2006.

Meriem Wangari

In April 2008 she ran the half marathon at the Humarathon in Vitry-sur-Seine and was third in an all-Kenyan sweep of the podium.

Nicolas Woodman

Woodman is a runner and has participated in the Great North Run, The Birmingham Half Marathon and the London Marathon where in 2012 he recorded a time of 3 hours.

Prague Half Marathon

The Prague Half Marathon has a looped course format which has its race start and end point on Jan Palach Square near the Rudolfinum.

Proctor High School

Garry Bjorklund - Runner, holds high school State Meet record for the one-mile run, marathon runner, Olympic runner, Grandma's Half-Marathon is named in his honor.

Riverfront Trail, Greater Moncton

The trail, along with several Moncton streets, is used annually for Legs For Literacy, a Boston Marathon qualifying race also featuring a half marathon, 10km, and 5km.

Sentiero 4 Luglio SkyMarathon

Three times trial world championship (2003, 2004, 2007), today is organized in collaboration with Aprica (SO) and consists of two distances: classical Marathon and half marathon (this last, since 2000).

Takanobu

Takanobu Otsubo (born 1976), Japanese long-distance runner who specialises in the half marathon

Valencia Half Marathon

The course records for the half marathon are 59:30 minutes for the men's race (set by Geoffrey Mutai in 2009) and 68:15 minutes for the women's race (set by Joyce Chepkirui in 2013).