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Half marathon

A half marathon is a road running

Road running

Road running is the sport of running on a measured course over an established road . These events normally range from 5 km to long distance, such as half marathons and marathons, and may involve large numbers of runners or wheelchair entrants....
event of 21,097.5 meters, or miles, about 13.1 miles. It is half the distance of a marathon

Marathon

The marathon is a long-distance running with an official distance of 42.195 kilometers that is usually run as a road race. The event is named after the fabled run of the Greek soldier Pheidippides, a messenger from the Battle of Marathon to Athens....
and usually run on roads. Participants in half marathons has grown steadily recently. A main reason for this is that is a challenging distance, but doesn't require the dedication a marathon requires.

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A half marathon is a road running

Road running

Marathon

Mary Wittenberg

Mary Wittenberg is the President and Chief Executive Officer of New York Road Runners . As leader of the organization, Wittenberg oversees the New York Marathon and several other races, events, and programs that draw over 300,000 yearly participants....
and noted running author and coach Jeff Galloway

Jeff Galloway

Jeff Galloway, MA is a former American Olympic Games and the author of Galloway's Book on Running.A lifetime runner, Galloway was an All-American collegiate athlete and a member of the 1972 US Olympic Team in the 10,000 meters....
have also commented on the popularity of the distance.

It is common for a half marathon event to be held concurrently with a marathon, using almost the same course with an early finish. The biggest half marathon in the world is the Bupa Great North Run

Great North Run

The Great North Run is the world's most popular half marathon road running event. Participants run between Newcastle upon Tyne and South Shields in England....
, held annually in Newcastle Upon Tyne.

World records

The male world record is 58:33, set by Samuel Wanjiru

Samuel Wanjiru

Samuel Kamau Wanjiru is a Kenyan long-distance track event who won the 2008 Beijing Olympic men's Marathon in an Olympic record time of 2:06:32....
of Kenya

Kenya

The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north, Somalia to the northeast, Tanzania to the south, Uganda to the west, and Sudan to the northwest, with the Indian Ocean running along the southeast border....
on March 17, 2007, in The Hague

The Hague

The Hague is the third largest city in the Netherlands after Amsterdam and Rotterdam, with a population of 475,904 and an area of approximately 100 km?....
, The Netherlands.

The female world record is 1:06:25, set by Lornah Kiplagat

Lornah Kiplagat

Lornah Kiplagat is a Netherlands Long-distance track event Running. She was born in Kabiemit, Kenyaand came to the Netherlands in 1999. She gained Dutch citizenship in 2003 and has run for the Netherlands since....
of the Netherlands on October 14, 2007, in Udine

Udine

Udine is a city in northeastern Italy, in the middle of Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, between the Adriatic sea and the Alps , less than 40 km from the Slovenian border....
, Italy.

World record progression - Men

Time	Name	Birth	Nationality	Date	Town
62:56	Miruts Yifter Miruts Yifter Miruts Yifter is a former Ethiopian Athletics , winner of two gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics. His name is also sometimes spelled as Muruse Yefter....	1944		1977-02-06	Coamo, PUR
62:47	Anthony Simmons Anthony Simmons Anthony Lamont Simmons is a former American football linebacker who played his entire National Football League career with the Seattle Seahawks....	1948		1978-06-24	Welwyn Garden City, GBR Welwyn Garden City Welwyn Garden City is a town in Hertfordshire, England. Welwyn Garden City is also referred to as WGC or, less correctly, as "Welwyn" ....
62:36	Nick Rose	1951		1979-10-14	Dayton, USA Dayton, Ohio Dayton is a city in and the county seat of Montgomery County, Ohio, Ohio, United States, in the southwestern part of the state. The population was 166,179 at the United States Census, 2000....
62:32	Kirk Pfeffer	1956		1979-12-07	Las Vegas, USA Las Vegas, Nevada Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, Nevada, and an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and entertainment....
62:16	Stan Mavis	1955		1980-01-27	New Orleans, USA
61:47	Herb Lindsay	1954		1981-09-20	Manchester, USA
61:36	Mike Musyoki	1956		1982-09-19	Philadelphia, USA
61:32	Paul Cummings Paul Cummings Paul R. Cummings was a world-class runner who held both American and World records from the mile to the marathon. His ability to have a middle distance runner's kick and also have the stamina to compete in distances up to the marathon place him as one of the most versatile American track and road racers in history....	1953		1983-09-25	Philadelphia, USA
61:21	Alex Hagelsteens	1956		1984-09-23	Remich, LUX Remich Remich is a Communes of Luxembourg with List of cities in Luxembourg in south-eastern Luxembourg with just under 3,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Remich , which is part of the Grevenmacher .... -Grevenmacher, LUX Grevenmacher Grevenmacher is a Communes of Luxembourg with List of cities in Luxembourg in eastern Luxembourg, near the border with Germany. It is the capital of the Grevenmacher and the Grevenmacher ....
61:14	Steve Jones Steve Jones (athlete) Stephen "Steve" Henry Jones is a Wales athlete and former world marathon record holder.Born and bred in Ebbw Vale, Wales, Jones began his career as an aircraft technician in the Royal Air Force....	1955		1985-08-11	Birmingham, GBR Birmingham Birmingham is a city status in the United Kingdom and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. Birmingham is the most populous of England's English Core Cities Group, and is the List of United Kingdom cities by population British city after London, with a population of 1,010,200 ....
	Xolile Yawa Xolile Yawa Xolile Yawa is a retired athlete from South Africa. He specialised in Long-distance track event, including marathon s.He is best known as the winner of 1993 Berlin Marathon....	1962		1987-07-25	East London, RSA
60:55	Mark Curp Mark Curp Mark Curp is a former world and American record holder in the half marathon. He attended the University of Central Missouri.Curp broke the Men's World Record in the Half Marathon in 1985, clocking 1:00:55 at the Philadelphia Distance Run ....	1959		1985-09-15	Philadelphia, USA
60:46	Dionicio Cerón Dionicio Cerón Dionicio Cer?n Pizarro is a former marathon Running from Mexico, whose personal best in the classic distance was 2:08:30. He represented his native country three times at the Summer Olympics: in Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Men's Marathon, Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Men's Marathon and 2000....	1965		1990-09-16	Philadelphia, USA
59:47	Moses Tanui Moses Tanui Moses Tanui is a former Kenyan Long-distance track eventner who won the gold medal over 10000 m at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics in Tokyo....	1965		1993-04-03	Milan, ITA Milan Milan is the second largest city of Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. It is the capital in the Province of Milan, as well as the Regions of Italy capital of Lombardy....
59:17	Paul Tergat Paul Tergat Paul Kibii Tergat is a Kenyan professional Athletics . He held the world record in the marathon from 2003 to 2007, with a time of 2:04:55, and is regarded as one of the most accomplished long-distance runners of all time....	1969		1998-04-04	Milan, ITA Milan Milan is the second largest city of Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. It is the capital in the Province of Milan, as well as the Regions of Italy capital of Lombardy....
59:16	Samuel Wanjiru Samuel Wanjiru Samuel Kamau Wanjiru is a Kenyan long-distance track event who won the 2008 Beijing Olympic men's Marathon in an Olympic record time of 2:06:32....	1986		2005-09-11	Rotterdam, NED Rotterdam Rotterdam ; city and municipality in the Netherlands province of South Holland, situated in the west of the Netherlands. The municipality is the List of cities in the Netherlands with over 100,000 people in the country, with a population of 584,046 on 1 January 2007 and comprises the southern part of the Randstad, the List of metropolitan are...
58:55	Haile Gebrselassie Haile Gebrselassie Haile Gebrselassie is an Ethiopian Long-distance track event and road running Athletics . Gebrselassie has achieved major competition wins at distances between 1500 metres and the marathon, moving from outdoor, indoor and cross country running to road running in the latter part of his career....	1973		2006-01-15	Phoenix, USA Phoenix, Arizona Phoenix is the capital and largest city in the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the fifth most populous city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,552,259 residents, and is the anchor of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area with 4,179,427 residents....
58:33	Samuel Wanjiru Samuel Wanjiru Samuel Kamau Wanjiru is a Kenyan long-distance track event who won the 2008 Beijing Olympic men's Marathon in an Olympic record time of 2:06:32....	1986		2007-03-17	The Hague, NED The Hague The Hague is the third largest city in the Netherlands after Amsterdam and Rotterdam, with a population of 475,904 and an area of approximately 100 km?....

World record progression - Women

Time	Name	Birth	Nationality	Date	Town
77:48	Daniele Justin	19??		1978-11-12	Nazaré, POR Nazaré, Portugal Nazar? is a town and a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 82,4 km? and a total population of 14,904 inhabitants. It is in subregion Oeste and Leiria district....
75:58	Michiko Gorman	1935		1978-11-19	Pasadena, USA Pasadena, California Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. Famous for hosting the annual Rose Bowl Game American football game and the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena is the home of many leading scientific and cultural institutions, including the California Institute of Technology , the Jet Propulsion Laboratory ,...
75:01	Ellison Goodall	1954		1979-03-10	Winston-Salem, USA Winston-Salem, North Carolina Winston-Salem is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Winston-Salem is also the county seat and largest city of Forsyth County, North Carolina and the fourth-largest city in the state....
74:03	Patti Catalano	1953		1979-09-29	Manchester, USA
73:59	Marja Wokke Marja Wokke Marja Wokke was Holland's leading marathon Running in the 1970s, before her role was taken over by Carla Beurskens. Wokke won the inaugural Rotterdam Marathon on May 23, 1981, clocking 2:43:23....	1957		1980-03-29	The Hague, NED The Hague The Hague is the third largest city in the Netherlands after Amsterdam and Rotterdam, with a population of 475,904 and an area of approximately 100 km?....
73:26	Joan Benoit Joan Benoit Joan Benoit Samuelson is an United States Marathon runner who won gold at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, the year that the women's marathon was introduced....	1957		1981-01-18	New Orleans, USA
71:16	Joan Benoit Joan Benoit Joan Benoit Samuelson is an United States Marathon runner who won gold at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, the year that the women's marathon was introduced....	1957		1981-03-07	San Diego, USA
69:57	Grete Waitz Grete Waitz Grete Waitz is a former Norway Marathon runner who won nine New York City Marathons between 1978 and 1988, more than any other runner in history....	1953		1982-05-15	Gothenburg, SWE Gothenburg Gothenburg ) is the second largest city in Sweden after Stockholm and the fifth largest amongst the Nordic countries. The city is located on the south west-coast....
69:14	Joan Benoit Joan Benoit Joan Benoit Samuelson is an United States Marathon runner who won gold at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, the year that the women's marathon was introduced....	1957		1983-09-18	Philadelphia, USA
68:34	Joan Benoit Joan Benoit Joan Benoit Samuelson is an United States Marathon runner who won gold at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, the year that the women's marathon was introduced....	1957		1984-09-16	Philadelphia, USA
68:31	Ingrid Kristiansen Ingrid Kristiansen Ingrid Kristiansen n?e Christensen , was one of the best female Long-distance track event in the second half of the 1980s. She finished in fourth place in Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics - Women's Marathon, at the 1984 Summer Olympics....	1956		1989-03-19	New Bedford, USA New Bedford New Bedford is the name of various cities:New Bedford, IllinoisNew Bedford, Massachusetts, the most populous New Bedford**New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park...
67:59	Elana Meyer Elana Meyer Elana Meyer is a former long-distance runner from South Africa, who won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the 10,000 metre event....	1966		1991-05-18	East London, RSA
67:58	Uta Pippig Uta Pippig Uta Pippig is a female long-distance runner, and the first woman to win the Boston Marathon three consecutive times . She also won the Berlin Marathon three times , the New York City Marathon once , and she represented Germany in the 1992 and 1996 Olympics....	1965		1995-03-19	Kyoto, JPN Kyoto Sorry, no overview for this topic
67:36	Elana Meyer Elana Meyer Elana Meyer is a former long-distance runner from South Africa, who won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the 10,000 metre event....	1966		1997-03-09	Kyoto, JPN Kyoto Sorry, no overview for this topic
67:29	Elana Meyer Elana Meyer Elana Meyer is a former long-distance runner from South Africa, who won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the 10,000 metre event....	1966		1998-03-08	Kyoto, JPN Kyoto Sorry, no overview for this topic
66:44	Elana Meyer Elana Meyer Elana Meyer is a former long-distance runner from South Africa, who won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the 10,000 metre event....	1966		1999-01-15	Tokyo, JPN Tokyo , officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshu. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the Tokyo City in the eastern part of the prefecture, and total over 8 million people....
66:25	Lornah Kiplagat Lornah Kiplagat Lornah Kiplagat is a Netherlands Long-distance track event Running. She was born in Kabiemit, Kenyaand came to the Netherlands in 1999. She gained Dutch citizenship in 2003 and has run for the Netherlands since....	1974		2007-10-14	Udine, ITA Udine Udine is a city in northeastern Italy, in the middle of Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, between the Adriatic sea and the Alps , less than 40 km from the Slovenian border....

Best Year Performance

Men's Seasons Best

YEAR	TIME	PLACE
1970 1970 in sports Artistic Gymnastics1970 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships:Men's all-around champion: Eizo Kenmotsu, Japan*Women's all-around champion: Ludmilla Tourischeva, USSR...	1:03:53	Belfast Belfast Belfast is the capital city of Northern Ireland and the seat of Devolution#United Kingdom Northern Ireland Executive and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly in Northern Ireland....
1971 1971 in sports Athletics...	1:05:25	Freckleton Freckleton Freckleton is a village on the Fylde coast in Lancashire, England, to the south of Kirkham, Lancashire and east of the seaside resort of Lytham St Annes....
1972 1972 in sports Athletics...	1:04:23	Coamo
1973 1973 in sports Athletics...	1:05:07	Maracaibo Maracaibo Maracaibo is the second-largest city in Venezuela after the national capital Caracas and is the capital of Zulia state. Based on the 2001 census information, the estimated population of Maracaibo in 2007 is 3,200,000 inhabitants....
1974 1974 in sports Artistic Gymnastics1974 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships:Men's all-around champion: Shigeru Kasamatsu, Japan*Women's all-around champion: Ludmilla Tourischeva, USSR...	1:04:45	Wieze
1975 1975 in sports Athletics...	1:05:08	Grevenmacher Grevenmacher Grevenmacher is a Communes of Luxembourg with List of cities in Luxembourg in eastern Luxembourg, near the border with Germany. It is the capital of the Grevenmacher and the Grevenmacher ....
1976 1976 in sports Athletics...	1:03:46	Coamo
1977 1977 in sports Athletics...	1:02:56	Coamo
1978 1978 in sports Artistic Gymnastics1978 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships:Men's all-around champion: Nikolai Andrianov, USSR*Women's all-around champion: Elena Mukhina, USSR...	1:02:47	Welwyn Garden City Welwyn Garden City Welwyn Garden City is a town in Hertfordshire, England. Welwyn Garden City is also referred to as WGC or, less correctly, as "Welwyn" ....
1979 1979 in sports Artistic Gymnastics1979 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships:Men's all-around champion: Alexander Dityatin, USSR*Women's all-around champion: Nellie Kim, USSR...	1:02:32	Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nevada Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, Nevada, and an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and entertainment....
1980 1980 in sports Athletics...	1:02:16	New Orleans
1981 1981 in sports Artistic Gymnastics1981 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships:Men's all-around champion: Yuri Korolev, USSR*Women's all-around champion: Olga Bicherova, USSR...	1:01:47	Manchester Manchester Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. Manchester was granted City status in the United Kingdom in 1853....
1982 1982 in sports Athletics...	1:01:36	Philadelphia
1983 1983 in sports Artistic Gymnastics1983 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships:Men's all-around champion: Dmitry Bilozerchev, USSR*Women's all-around champion: Natalia Yurchenko, USSR...	1:01:32	Dayton Dayton, Ohio Dayton is a city in and the county seat of Montgomery County, Ohio, Ohio, United States, in the southwestern part of the state. The population was 166,179 at the United States Census, 2000....
1984 1984 in sports Athletics...	1:01:52	Milan Milan Milan is the second largest city of Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. It is the capital in the Province of Milan, as well as the Regions of Italy capital of Lombardy....
1985 1985 in sports Artistic Gymnastics1985 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships:Men's all-around champion: Yuri Korolev, USSR*Women's all-around champions: Oksana Omelianchik, USSR, Yelena Shushunova, USSR...	1:00:55	Philadelphia
1986 1986 in sports Athletics...	1:00:43	South Shields South Shields South Shields is a coastal town in Tyne and Wear, England, located at the mouth of the River Tyne, England. The town has a population of about 90,000 and is part of the Metropolitan_borough of South Tyneside, which includes the riverside towns of Jarrow and Hebburn and the villages of Boldon, Cleadon and Whitburn....
1987 1987 in sports Artistic Gymnastics1987 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships:Men's all-around champion: Dmitry Bilozerchev, USSR*Women's all-around champion: Aurelia Dobre, Romania...	1:00:10	East London
1988 1988 in sports Athletics...	1:01:00	South Shields South Shields South Shields is a coastal town in Tyne and Wear, England, located at the mouth of the River Tyne, England. The town has a population of about 90,000 and is part of the Metropolitan_borough of South Tyneside, which includes the riverside towns of Jarrow and Hebburn and the villages of Boldon, Cleadon and Whitburn....
1989 1989 in sports Artistic Gymnastics1989 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships:Men's all-around champion: Igor Korobchinsky, USSR*Women's all-around champion: Svetlana Boginskaya, USSR...	1:01:10	Durban Durban Durban is the third most populous city in South Africa, forming part of the eThekwini metropolitan municipality . It is the largest city in KwaZulu-Natal and is famous as the busiest port in Africa....
1990 1990 in sports Athletics...	1:00:34	South Shields South Shields South Shields is a coastal town in Tyne and Wear, England, located at the mouth of the River Tyne, England. The town has a population of about 90,000 and is part of the Metropolitan_borough of South Tyneside, which includes the riverside towns of Jarrow and Hebburn and the villages of Boldon, Cleadon and Whitburn....
1991 1991 in sports Artistic Gymnastics1991 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships:Men's all-around champion: Grigory Misutin, USSR*Women's all-around champion: Kim Zmeskal, USA...	1:00:58	East London
1992 1992 in sports Athletics...	1:00:24	South Shields South Shields South Shields is a coastal town in Tyne and Wear, England, located at the mouth of the River Tyne, England. The town has a population of about 90,000 and is part of the Metropolitan_borough of South Tyneside, which includes the riverside towns of Jarrow and Hebburn and the villages of Boldon, Cleadon and Whitburn....
1993 1993 in sports Athletics...	59:47	Milan Milan Milan is the second largest city of Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. It is the capital in the Province of Milan, as well as the Regions of Italy capital of Lombardy....
1994 1994 in sports Athletics...	1:00:02	South Shields South Shields South Shields is a coastal town in Tyne and Wear, England, located at the mouth of the River Tyne, England. The town has a population of about 90,000 and is part of the Metropolitan_borough of South Tyneside, which includes the riverside towns of Jarrow and Hebburn and the villages of Boldon, Cleadon and Whitburn....
1995 1995 in sports Athletics...	1:00:26	Lisbon Lisbon Lisbon is the Capital and largest city of Portugal. It is also the seat of the Lisbon and capital of the Lisbon region. Its municipalities of Portugal, which matches the city proper excluding the larger continuous conurbation, has a municipal population of 564,477 in , while the Lisbon Metropolitan Area in total has around 2.8 million inha...
1996 1996 in sports Athletics...	1:00:31	Ivry-sur-Seine Ivry-sur-Seine ap=Ivry-sur-Seine_map.svg\|mapcaption=Paris and inner ring d?partements\|lat_long=\|r?gion=?le-de-France \|d?partement=Val-de-Marne\|arrondissement= Cr?teil\|...
1997 1997 in sports Artistic gymnastics1997 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships:Men's all-around champion: Ivan Ivankov, Belarus*Women's all-around champion: Svetlana Khorkina, Russia...	59:56	Košice Košice Ko?ice Being the economic and cultural centre of eastern Slovakia, Ko?ice is the seat of the Ko?ice Region and Ko?ice Self-governing Region, the Slovak Constitutional Court of Slovakia, three universities, various dioceses, and other institutions....
1998 1998 in sports Athletics Decathlon*Best Year Performance...	59:17	Milan Milan Milan is the second largest city of Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. It is the capital in the Province of Milan, as well as the Regions of Italy capital of Lombardy....
1999 1999 in sports Athletics Track*Hicham El Guerrouj sets the new World Record in the mile at the World Championships in Rome. He recorded a time of 3:43.13, barely edging out Noah Ngeny of Kenya who recorded 3:43.40....	59:22	Milan Milan Milan is the second largest city of Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. It is the capital in the Province of Milan, as well as the Regions of Italy capital of Lombardy....
2000 2000 in sports Athletics Marathon ...	1:00:30	Tokyo
2001 2001 in sports 2001 in sports was marked by a high-scoring UEFA Cup final, in which Liverpool FC defeated Deportivo Alav?s by 5-4 after extra-time....	59:52	Berlin
2002 2002 in sports 2002 in sports saw the Brazilian football team win its fifth World Cup....	59:41	Lisbon Lisbon Lisbon is the Capital and largest city of Portugal. It is also the seat of the Lisbon and capital of the Lisbon region. Its municipalities of Portugal, which matches the city proper excluding the larger continuous conurbation, has a municipal population of 564,477 in , while the Lisbon Metropolitan Area in total has around 2.8 million inha...
2003 2003 in sports 2003 in sports saw world cricket dominated by the Australian team which won both the Ashes and the World Cup....	1:00:01	South Shields South Shields South Shields is a coastal town in Tyne and Wear, England, located at the mouth of the River Tyne, England. The town has a population of about 90,000 and is part of the Metropolitan_borough of South Tyneside, which includes the riverside towns of Jarrow and Hebburn and the villages of Boldon, Cleadon and Whitburn....
2004 2004 in sports 2004 in sports was marked by the crisis in Zimbabwean cricket....	59:37	South Shields South Shields South Shields is a coastal town in Tyne and Wear, England, located at the mouth of the River Tyne, England. The town has a population of about 90,000 and is part of the Metropolitan_borough of South Tyneside, which includes the riverside towns of Jarrow and Hebburn and the villages of Boldon, Cleadon and Whitburn....
2005 2005 in sports 2005 in sports describes events in world sport in 2005....	59:05	South Shields South Shields South Shields is a coastal town in Tyne and Wear, England, located at the mouth of the River Tyne, England. The town has a population of about 90,000 and is part of the Metropolitan_borough of South Tyneside, which includes the riverside towns of Jarrow and Hebburn and the villages of Boldon, Cleadon and Whitburn....
2006 2006 in sports 2006 in sports describes events in world sport in 2006....	58:55	Tempe Tempe, Arizona Tempe is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, Arizona, United States, with a 2007 population of 174,091. The city is named after the Vale of Tempe in Greece....
2007 2007 in sports 2007 in sports describes events in world sport in 2007....	58:33	The Hague The Hague The Hague is the third largest city in the Netherlands after Amsterdam and Rotterdam, with a population of 475,904 and an area of approximately 100 km?....
2008 2008 in sports 2008 in sports describes events in world sport in 2008....	59:15	Lisboa New Delhi New Delhi New Delhi is the capital city of India. With a total area of 42.7 km2, New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi and serves as the seat of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi ....

Women's Seasons Best

YEAR	TIME	PLACE
1978	1:15:04	San Diego
1979	1:14:03	Manchester Manchester Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. Manchester was granted City status in the United Kingdom in 1853....
1980 1980 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1980 in athletics ....	1:13:59	Den Haag Den haag Den Haag may refer to:* The Hague, a city in the Netherlands* Den Haag , a novel written by South Korean author Ho Soo Kim...
1981 1981 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1981 in athletics ....	1:11:16	San Diego
1982 1982 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1982 in athletics ....	1:09:57	Gothenburg Gothenburg Gothenburg ) is the second largest city in Sweden after Stockholm and the fifth largest amongst the Nordic countries. The city is located on the south west-coast....
1983 1983 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1983 in athletics ....	1:09:10	Philadelphia
1984 1984 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1984 in athletics ....	1:08:34	Philadelphia
1985 1985 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1985 in athletics ....	1:09:44	Philadelphia
1986 1986 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1986 in athletics ....	1:09:03	Drammen Drammen is a cities of Norway and Municipalities of Norway in Buskerud Counties of Norway, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Drammen....
1987 1987 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1987 in athletics ....	1:09:47	South Shields South Shields South Shields is a coastal town in Tyne and Wear, England, located at the mouth of the River Tyne, England. The town has a population of about 90,000 and is part of the Metropolitan_borough of South Tyneside, which includes the riverside towns of Jarrow and Hebburn and the villages of Boldon, Cleadon and Whitburn....
1988 1988 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1988 in athletics ....	1:08:49	South Shields South Shields South Shields is a coastal town in Tyne and Wear, England, located at the mouth of the River Tyne, England. The town has a population of about 90,000 and is part of the Metropolitan_borough of South Tyneside, which includes the riverside towns of Jarrow and Hebburn and the villages of Boldon, Cleadon and Whitburn....
1989 1989 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1989 in athletics ....	1:08:31	New Bedford New Bedford New Bedford is the name of various cities:New Bedford, IllinoisNew Bedford, Massachusetts, the most populous New Bedford**New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park...
1990 1990 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1990 in athletics ....	1:09:33	South Shields South Shields South Shields is a coastal town in Tyne and Wear, England, located at the mouth of the River Tyne, England. The town has a population of about 90,000 and is part of the Metropolitan_borough of South Tyneside, which includes the riverside towns of Jarrow and Hebburn and the villages of Boldon, Cleadon and Whitburn....
1991 1991 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1991 in athletics ....	1:07:59	East London
1992 1992 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1992 in athletics ....	1:08:42	Dundee Dundee Dundee is the fourth-largest City status in the United Kingdom in Scotland and, fully named as Dundee City, one of Scotland's 32 Local government in Scotland Council areas of Scotland....
1993 1993 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1993 in athletics ....	1:09:35	St Petersburg
1994 1994 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1994 in athletics ....	1:07:59	Kyoto Kyoto Sorry, no overview for this topic
1995	1:07:59	Kyoto Kyoto Sorry, no overview for this topic
1996	1:09:15	Paris
1997	1:07:36	Kyoto Kyoto Sorry, no overview for this topic
1998 1998 in athletics (track and field) This page shows the main events during the 1998 in sports year in athletics throughout the world....	1:07:29	Kyoto Kyoto Sorry, no overview for this topic
1999 1999 in athletics (track and field) This page shows the main events during the 1999 in sports year in athletics throughout the world....	1:06:44	Tokyo
2000 2000 in athletics (track and field) This page shows the main events during the 2000 in sports year in athletics throughout the world....	1:07:07	South Shields South Shields South Shields is a coastal town in Tyne and Wear, England, located at the mouth of the River Tyne, England. The town has a population of about 90,000 and is part of the Metropolitan_borough of South Tyneside, which includes the riverside towns of Jarrow and Hebburn and the villages of Boldon, Cleadon and Whitburn....
2001 2001 in athletics (track and field) This page shows the main events during the 2001 in sports year in athletics throughout the world....	1:06:47	Bristol Bristol Bristol is a City status in the United Kingdom, unitary authority area and Ceremonial counties of England in South West England, west of London, and east of Cardiff....
2002 2002 in athletics (track and field) This page shows the main events during the 2002 in sports year in athletics throughout the world....	1:07:19	South Shields South Shields South Shields is a coastal town in Tyne and Wear, England, located at the mouth of the River Tyne, England. The town has a population of about 90,000 and is part of the Metropolitan_borough of South Tyneside, which includes the riverside towns of Jarrow and Hebburn and the villages of Boldon, Cleadon and Whitburn....
2003 2003 in athletics (track and field) This page shows the main events during the 2003 in sports year in athletics throughout the world....	1:05:39	South Shields South Shields South Shields is a coastal town in Tyne and Wear, England, located at the mouth of the River Tyne, England. The town has a population of about 90,000 and is part of the Metropolitan_borough of South Tyneside, which includes the riverside towns of Jarrow and Hebburn and the villages of Boldon, Cleadon and Whitburn....
2004 2004 in athletics (track and field) This page shows the main events during the 2004 in sports year in athletics throughout the world....	1:07:55	South Shields South Shields South Shields is a coastal town in Tyne and Wear, England, located at the mouth of the River Tyne, England. The town has a population of about 90,000 and is part of the Metropolitan_borough of South Tyneside, which includes the riverside towns of Jarrow and Hebburn and the villages of Boldon, Cleadon and Whitburn....
2005 2005 in athletics (track and field) This page shows the main events during the 2005 in sports year in athletics throughout the world....	1:07:33	South Shields South Shields South Shields is a coastal town in Tyne and Wear, England, located at the mouth of the River Tyne, England. The town has a population of about 90,000 and is part of the Metropolitan_borough of South Tyneside, which includes the riverside towns of Jarrow and Hebburn and the villages of Boldon, Cleadon and Whitburn....
2006 2006 in athletics (track and field) The following events in athletics took place in 2006 in sports:...	1:07:16	Berlin
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2008 2008 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 2008 in athletics ....	1:07:57	Marugame

Running multiple half marathons

As running half marathons has become more popular, athletes have started to set goals involving competing in multiple races. A popular goal is to run a half marathon in each state of the United States and the District of Columbia. At least four runners have completed this series.

Half marathon

World records

World record progression - Men

World record progression - Women

Best Year Performance

Men's Seasons Best

Women's Seasons Best

Running multiple half marathons

See also

External links