Why 13.1 miles is the best distance—and everything you need to smash a PR.
While it lacks a provenance from ancient Greece, the half marathon is perhaps the greatest product of the modern running boom. While 13ish-mile races were certainly run before, the actual name and concept of the “half marathon” first appeared in the early 1960s. The marathon’s popularity was growing, andwere looking for more race options. Thus a race precisely half that of the full 26.2 was born.
The Route du Vin half marathon in Luxembourg can lay claim to being the first half. While it was founded in 1961, the frequently changing course wasn’t exactly 13.1 miles until 1995. The first came in 1964 with the Lincoln Memorial Half Marathon in Springfield,Illinois, and the Caesar Rodney Half Marathon in Wilmington, Delaware.
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