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unusual facts about marathon race



2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's Marathon

The Men's Marathon race at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held on August 13 in the streets of Helsinki with the goal line situated in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium.

Aurica Buia

Aurica Buia (born February 16, 1970 in Bratovoești, Dolj) is a retired female long-distance runner from Romania, who specialized in the marathon race during her career.

Billy Sherring

Billy Sherring (William John Sherring; September 18, 1877 – September 5, 1964) was an Irish Canadian athlete, winner of the marathon race at the 1906 Intercalated Games (or 1906 Olympic Games, as they were at the time considered to be).

Italian Marathon

The 2008 edition of the race was dedicated to the centennial anniversary of Dorando Pietri's achievement at the 1908 Summer Olympics in the marathon race.

Luxembourg Marathon

The Luxembourg Marathon (official: ING Night Marathon Luxembourg, sponsored by ING) is an annual marathon by night in Luxembourg which was held for the first time in 2006 as Europe Marathon.

Polar Bear Marathon

Polar Bear Marathon is an extreme marathon race held since 2012 at Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.

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.

Tahar Mansouri

Tahar Mansouri (born 9 January 1965 in Fouchana, Tunis) is a retired Tunisian marathon runner.

Toshinari Takaoka

Toshinari Takaoka (高岡 寿成; born 24 September 1970 in Yamashiro, Kyoto) is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres, 10,000 metres and the marathon race.


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Honda Civic

In December 2005, on the date of the new 2006 Civic Si's launch in the USA, Honda's R&D Engineering Team completed 645 laps in an eighth generation Civic Si coupe (FG2) to place first in the E1 class of the famous '25 Hours of Thunderhill' marathon race.

Ian Ridpath

From 1993 to 1995 he was Race Director of the Polytechnic Marathon from Windsor to Chiswick, Britain’s oldest marathon race which traced its origins back to the 1908 Olympic Marathon.

Johnny Hayes

Born in New York City to a family of Irish emigrants (from Nenagh in Co. Tipperary), Johnny Hayes is probably best known for winning the controversial marathon race at the London Olympics.

N. G. Vartak High School

On April 22, 2010, the school arranged a Marathon Race for Green and Serene Earth on account of Earth Day.