New York City Half Marathon

New York City Half Marathon
New York City Half Marathon
NYC Half Marathon - Aug '06.jpg
Runners going through Times Square in the inaugural NYC Half-Marathon in 2006.
Date March
Location New York City
Event type Road
Distance Half marathon
Established 2006
Course records 59:24 (men)
1:09:43 (women)
Official site www.nyrr.org

The New York City Half Marathon is an annual half marathon road running race. It passes through famous landmarks such as Central Park and Times Square. The 5th annual race took place on March 21, 2010, with 11,604 finishers and victories by Peter Kamais and Mara Yamauchi.[1] The New York Road Runners administers the race.

Several world class runners have participated in the race, including marathon record holders Haile Gebrselassie[2] and Paula Radcliffe, Olympic marathon medalists Catherine Ndereba[3], Meb Keflezighi[4], and Deena Kastor[5], 2008 U.S. Olympic marathoner Dathan Ritzenhein[6], and American half marathon record holder Ryan Hall.[7]

Gebrselassie set the men's course record in 2007 championship, with a time of 59:24.[2][8] On March 20, 2011, Caroline Rotich set the women's record with a time of 1:08:52.[9]

The course starts with a clockwise 6.2-mile (10 km) loop around hilly Central Park.[10] The course then flattens and goes along Seventh Avenue to Times Square, where it follows 42nd Street to West Side Highway, adjacent to the Hudson River. The race finishes near Battery Park.[11]

In its earlier years, the event was run on various dates in the summer; in 2010, it was moved to March. The 2010 race had a field of 14,821 registered runners. Mary Wittenberg, president of the NYRR, said in 2010 that she expects a possible growth of over 20,000 participants in future years.[12]

Contents

Winners

2008 NYC half marathoners running past
the Park Central Hotel, 7th avenue

Key:       Course record

Edition Year Date Men's winner Time (h:m:s) Women's winner Time (h:m:s)
1st 2006 August 27  Tom Nyariki (KEN) 1:01:22  Catherine Ndereba (KEN) 1:09:43
2nd 2007 August 5  Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) 59:24  Hilda Kibet (NED) 1:10:32
3rd 2008 July 27  Tadese Tola (ETH) 1:00:58  Catherine Ndereba (KEN) 1:10:19
4th 2009 August 16  Tadese Tola (ETH) 1:01:06  Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 1:09:45
5th 2010 March 21[13]  Peter Kamais (KEN) 59:52  Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 1:09:17
6th 2011 March 20[9]  Mo Farah (GBR) 1:00:23  Caroline Rotich (KEN) 1:08:52

See also

References

  1. ^ "Kamais, Yamauchi win at NYC Half Marathon". WABC.com. http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local&id=7341989. Retrieved 16 July 2010. 
  2. ^ a b "10,000 Runners for NYC Half-Marathon". WABC-TV. August 14, 2007. http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/sports&id=5541657. Retrieved 2009-02-10. 
  3. ^ "Familiar Champions Shine at the NYC Half-Marathon". New York Road Runners. August 17, 2009. http://www.nyrr.org/races/2009/nychalf/story_raceday01.asp. Retrieved 2009-08-17. 
  4. ^ "NYC Half Marathon 2006 - Inaugural Run". Marathonguide.com. http://www.marathonguide.com/news/exclusives/NYCHalfMarathon2006.cfm. Retrieved 2009-02-10. 
  5. ^ "Paula Radcliffe to continue recovery in New York half marathon". The Guardian. August 12, 2009. http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/aug/12/paula-radcliffe-new-york-city-half-marathon. Retrieved 2009-08-17. 
  6. ^ "Running 'Ritz' takes 3rd in NYC Half-Marathon". Daily Camera. July 28, 2008. http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2008/jul/28/running-ritz-takes-3rd-in-nyc-half-marathon/?partner=RSS. Retrieved 2009-02-10. [dead link]
  7. ^ "Radcliffe's NYC win boosts world title bid". CNN. August 16, 2009. http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/08/16/paula.radcliffe.marathon.athletics.berlin/. Retrieved 2009-08-16. 
  8. ^ Freeman, Rick (August 5, 2007). "Haile Gebrselassie wins NYC Half Marathon to keep unbeaten record". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2007-08-05-2915158351_x.htm. Retrieved 2009-02-10. 
  9. ^ a b "Farah wins New York half-marathon". ESPN.co.uk. http://www.espn.co.uk/athletics/sport/story/80657.html. Retrieved 20 March 2011. 
  10. ^ Monti, David (2009). "NYC HALF-MARATHON CONFIRMED FOR AUGUST 16". LetsRun.com. http://www.letsrun.com/2009/nychalf0429.php. Retrieved 2009-04-30. 
  11. ^ Hanc, John (July 24, 2008). "Fitness - When It Comes to Marathons, Half May Be Better Than Whole - NYTimes.com". NYTimes. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/24/fashion/24fitness.html. Retrieved 2009-02-10. 
  12. ^ Denman, Elliott (17 March 2010). "NYC Half-Marathon: Humble beginning, grand plans". Universal Sports. http://www.universalsports.com/news/article/newsid=460409.html. Retrieved 18 March 2010. 
  13. ^ "NYC Half-Marathon". New York Road Runners. http://www.nyrr.org/races/2010/nychalf/. Retrieved 23 November 2009. 

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