by gnadmin | Mar 25, 2018 | Europe, Events, Featured, Half, News, Spain
Spain, 24th March – Netsanet Gudeta Kebede of Ethiopia broke the women’s-only race world record* in the half marathon today, clocking 1:06:11 at the IAAF/Trinidad Alfonso World Half Marathon Championships Valencia 2018. Netsanet Gudeta sets...
by gnadmin | Dec 11, 2017 | Events, Featured, Japan, Marathon, News, South East Asia, Sports Tourism, Thailand
Thailand – Japanese athletes dominated the inaugural Phukethon, the first annual running festival on the Thai holiday island of Phuket. Clubmates, Hiroki Kai and Azusa Nojiri won their respective marathons with Nojiri finishing sixth overall; while Kansuke...
by gnadmin | Dec 8, 2017 | Events, Featured, Half, News, Pre-event, South East Asia, Sports Tourism, Thailand
Phuket: Phuketon – It takes a lot to stop a long distance runner even before they have launched into their half or full marathon or even (much) longer. Ever since the introduction of the big-city marathons in the early 1970s, so successful has been the notion of...
by gnadmin | Feb 10, 2017 | Events, Featured, Half, Kenya, News
Ras al-Khaimah, UAE – The RAK Half marathon yet again produced a world record, Kenya’s Peres Jepchirchir set a new world record* today,with a time of 1:05:06. Peres Jepchirchir World Record at the RAK Half Marathon The 23-year-old Kenyan, who won the world...
by gnadmin | Nov 21, 2016 | Events, Featured, Half, India, News
Rio 2016 Olympic Games marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge triumphs at the 2016 Airtel Delhi Half Marathon in 59:44 Delhi Half Marathon heralds triumphant return for Eliud Kipchoge Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge made a triumphant return to racing barely three months after taking...
by gnadmin | Aug 15, 2015 | Doping, Featured, News, South Africa, United Kingdom, USA
Antidoping – In response to a number of media inquiries into comparisons between the annual expenditure of the IAAF and the world governing body of cycling UCI, we would like to underline a number of facts for the record. IAAF expenditure on Anti-doping At the...
