The 21,1 km has grown to such an extent that entries are restricted with none available after closing in the year prior to the race. Over 13 000 of the 16 112 entries finished which provided considerable atmosphere and a mass congregation on the UCT rugby fields. The...
This week Athletics Canada officially launched ACRoad.ca; Canada’s road running portal. The cutting edge site is your portal to the Canadian road running community, providing access to race information, rankings, results, programs, services and resources for...
Zersenay Tadese, the dominant force in men’s half-marathon running for almost a decade, was finally run out of the medals here at the IAAF/AL-Bank World Half Marathon Championships as he finished fourth in a race won by Kenya’s Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor in 59:08, the...
Stephen Lett added the New Zealand half marathon title to the national 10km track and 10km road titles that he already holds after a convincing victory in Auckland on Sunday. Lett eased ahead of Scott Winton at 8km and went on to record a personal best of 1h 7m 38s....
Since 2003, per Running USA State of the Sport Reports, the half-marathon has been the fastest growing standard distance in the United States with a 12.5% annual finisher growth rate, and moreover, from 2006-12, the number of 13.1 mile finishers grew a noteworthy 10%...
