What is a half marathon?

angelaclev
angelaclev Posts: 95
edited September 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I was just seeing what a half marathon is. I see people posting about it and was unsure what it was exactly.

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  • jhardenbergh
    jhardenbergh Posts: 1,035 Member
    13.1 miles
  • Atlantique
    Atlantique Posts: 2,484 Member
    It's a 13.1 mile road race. A full marathon would be 26.2 miles.
  • lovejoydavid
    lovejoydavid Posts: 395 Member
    It's what happens when me and my team have to haul you away at the half way point, cause you skipped the last two water stations.
  • Athena413
    Athena413 Posts: 1,709 Member
    5K - 3.1 miles
    10K - 6.2 miles
    Half Marathon - 13.1 miles
    Marathon - 26.2 miles

    Those are the most common racing distances
  • Athena413
    Athena413 Posts: 1,709 Member
    It's what happens when me and my team have to haul you away at the half way point, cause you skipped the last two water stations.

    :laugh:

    Please tell me that didn't actually happen?
  • angelaclev
    angelaclev Posts: 95
    Thanks guys I had no idea what it was.
  • lovejoydavid
    lovejoydavid Posts: 395 Member
    It's what happens when me and my team have to haul you away at the half way point, cause you skipped the last two water stations.

    :laugh:

    Please tell me that didn't actually happen?

    That is the distance where people start dropping, if they are going to. I work a small marathon every year, so we don't see a huge number of them. The worst, though, is marathons that still have stations at every mile, and the slow runners stop at all of them. Gorked out hyponatremics are a disaster!
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