Sentences with phrase «record in the marathon»

Yesterday, in Part I of our series on men vs. women, we looked at the evolution of the world record in the marathon event, and how the relatively late entry of women into the event threw a few «scientific» predictions off course!

Established — By Japan's Naoko Takahashi in Berlin on Sunday, the women's record in the marathon.

Not exact matches

The world record for running a half marathon in a suit.

Kipchoge's time sliced more than two minutes from the best time, but the closed racetrack just north of Milan where his run took place was a far more controlled setting than the major marathons where such records are usually made, including the one Kimetto ran in Berlin.

Each year, marathoners dream of running it because it often turns out some of the fastest marathon times in recorded history.

MARATHON — In theHouston Marathon, RICHARD KAITANY of Kenya ran a 2:10:04, breaking by 1:07 thecourse record set by Benji Durden of the United States in 1983 and beatingrunner - up Kenny Stuart of Great Britain by 1:3In theHouston Marathon, RICHARD KAITANY of Kenya ran a 2:10:04, breaking by 1:07 thecourse record set by Benji Durden of the United States in 1983 and beatingrunner - up Kenny Stuart of Great Britain by 1:3in 1983 and beatingrunner - up Kenny Stuart of Great Britain by 1:32.

Chiefly, it would omit a brutal marathon of a fish fight that went on for almost seven hours in cruel heat, one that will never make any record list because it ended in defeat for the angler.

Paul Panko of Vancouver, B.C. rolled 267 games nonstop, averaged 161 pins over a period of 80 hours and 5 minutes, set a world's marathon live - pin bowling record, in Vancouver.

She heard no accurate splits after her halfway time of 1:11:20, thought she had slowed too much for any kind of mark and then finished sprinting in an American women's record 2:26:11, the third - best marathon time ever run by a woman.

Her good races after that, including two American - record half marathons, were achieved in pain.

The morning before, Roe had telephoned Benoit with the news that Grete Waitz of Norway, who had brought the women's record down more than nine minutes in the 1978,»79 and»80 New York Marathons and from whom Roe had wrested the mark by 13 seconds in the 1981 New York race, had that day tied the record in the London Marathon.

Pete McArdle, a 33 - year - old New York bus mechanic, ran the fastest marathon ever recorded by an American to win the 15th annual Western Hemisphere event in Culver City, Calif..

Of the 10 fastest marathons ever recorded, six of the men who own those times are in Sunday's field: Kenya's Wilson Kipsang (2:03:42) and Emmanuel Mutai (2:04:40); Ethiopia's Ayele Abshero (2:04:23), Getu Feleke (2:04:50) and Dino Sefir (2:04:50); and Eritrea's Samuel Tsegay (2:04:48).

Patrick Makau, the world - record holder, and Geoffrey Mutai, winner of both the Boston and New York Marathons in 2011, were left at home.

The featured runners included Kenya's Martin Lel, who won a sprint to the finish for his second London title in three years (in 2:07:41); defending champion Felix Limo, who was in the dash at the end and placed third; world - record holder Paul Tergat (sixth); and reigning New York City Marathon champ Marilson Gomes dos Santos (eighth), plus 2004 Olympic champ Stefano Baldini, former world - record holder Khalid Khannouchi and former half - marathon - record holder Haile Gebrselassie.

148:30:56 Time, in hours, minutes and seconds, in which Lloyd Scott, 41, completed the Edinburgh Marathon in a 130 - pound diving suit to set a world record for the slowest marathon.

When he entered his first half - marathon in January, he broke the U.S. record with a blistering 59:43 in Houston.

Two years ago at a marathon in Jamaica, Fanelli set a national record of 2:24:41 as Billy Chester Polyester.

Though slowed by injuries and personal troubles this year, Wanjiru had already become the youngest runner to win four major marathons, held the fastest nonaided time ever recorded in an American race and was a favorite to repeat as Olympic champion in»12 following his Olympic record time of 2:06:32 in» 08.

That means a victory in every one of the men's events, to wit: 1) the 500, which takes no more than 40 seconds; 2) the slightly less explosive 1,000, in which Eric holds the world record of 1:13.60; 3) the middle - distance 1,500 at roughly 2:15; 4) the 5,000, which demands both endurance and hard driving, at about 8:20; and 5) the muscle - devouring event that is the speed skater's version of the marathon, the 10,000.

Jurek, a legend in the ultra marathoning world, set the speed record on the Appalachian Trail back in the summer of 2015, hiking through the 2,189 miles from Georgia to Maine in 46 days, eight hours and seven minutes.

58:55 Time, in minutes and seconds, for Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia in Sunday's Rock»n' Roll Arizona half marathon, which broke the world record for that distance by 21 seconds.

Steve Jones, of Wales, a former world - record holder in the marathon, is buying a house in the neighborhood.

Paula Radcliffe lowered the women's marathon record twice for a total improvement of almost exactly 2.5 percent over the previous record; her record of 2:15:25, set in 2003, still stands.

Welshman believes Farah could achieve a world marathon record in the future as well as the British record in the UK capital on Sunday

In October 50,000 children from over 60 countries worked in teams to attack the world marathon record as part of the Save the Children World Marathon ChallengIn October 50,000 children from over 60 countries worked in teams to attack the world marathon record as part of the Save the Children World Marathon Challengin teams to attack the world marathon record as part of the Save the Children World Marathon Challenge.

World marathon record - holder and Olympic champion among those to challenge debutant Mo Farah over 26.2 miles in April

Bekele's outing in Manchester will be his first ever race against Kenya's Kipsang, who clocked 2:03:23 for the marathon world record in Berlin last September.

Breaking the British half - marathon record hadn't been on Susan Tooby's radar when she toed the line at the 1988 Great North Run, but her training in the preceding months ensured she was capable of sustaining a blistering pace.

Fellow Kenyan contenders on Sunday include Florence Kiplagat, the two - time Berlin Marathon winner and world half - marathon record - breaker with 65:12 from Barcelona in February, plus 2011 and 2013 world marathon champion Edna Kiplagat.

Last year saw the Kenyan miss out on the course record by just four seconds, but he will need to see off his countrymen Patrick Makau, who holds the marathon world record of 2:03:38, and Geoffrey Mutai, who will be making his London Marathon debut, if he is to claim victory in 2013.

World marathon record - holder Wilson Kipsang, after all, has a half - marathon best of 58:59 and went through halfway last Sunday in Berlin in 61:32.

Deena Kastor, the American record holder in the marathon, says the times she's out with her daughter Piper can be the most rewarding.

According to a recent report by the DN's Frank Lombardi, Perkins ran a PR (personal record, in running - speak) of 3:17:29 in last year's marathon, which I believe is well within the new range of qualifying times organizers plan to start implementing.

The fastest marathon ever run on record was by Dennis Kimetto of Kenya in the 2014 Berlin marathon for a time of two hours, two minutes and 57 seconds.

He won the Olympic Marathon Trials in 2007 and owns the American half - marathon record.

[He] also set a single age world record for 90 years old in the half marathon in Morrow Ohio in August 2012,» said Veg World Magazine.

The half marathon grew from 303,000 to a record number 1,850,000 in 2012 during that same time period.

She plans to apply to the Guinness Book Of World Records as the oldest person to run seven marathons in seven days.

Just remember Avatar, Titanic and The Lord of the Rings Trilogy — marathon runners that didn't break the opening weekend records, but resulted in greatest runs in cinematic history.

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, it simply wasn't necessary, and that's never been more evident than with «The Battle of the Five Armies,» a 144 - minute marathon of masturbatory excess in which the titular set piece (one that's contained within a single chapter in Tolkien's novel) makes up almost half of its bloated runtime.

Last year's marathon set a record for the most participants in a marathon — it had just under 27,000 runners.

The «Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition» chronicles everything from «best selling racing game» to «longest videogame marathon» (Mario Kart Wii and 50 hours of Red Dead Redemption respectively, in case you were wondering).

And yes, this is true; but the Missile Command world record comes in two flavours; marathon and tournament.

She's also the reigning Canadian record - holder in the women's marathon — a crown she captured in October at the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon, running the race in two hours, 28 minutes [2:28:00] and breaking the previous Canadian record of 2:28:36, which had stood untouched for 28 years.

San Antonio, Texas About Blog Liza Howard is a national champion runner with multiple records in distances ranging from marathons to 100 mile trail races.

Performance Highlights / Achievements • Streamlined the college admissions process by incorporating a «record as you go» procedure, aimed at ensuring that all acquired information was correct • Proved to be invaluable to the college during a series of special events, by providing exceptional clerical and administrative support • Successfully managed over a 1000 calls in one day, during an admission marathon • Introduced a much safer and more accurate records keeping system than the one already in place

A former skier and marathon runner who took up cycling 15 years ago and went on to break many national cycling records (for women over 50) both in Canada and the U.S., Sheardown participated in a 66 - day cycling trip across Canada.

Blackstone's marathon to win the president role has shaken out a dealmaker modest in public but whose track record is commanding of one's attention.

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