half-marathon

noun

1. a race on foot of 13 miles 352 yards (21.243 kilometres)

Example Sentences

Did you really run a half-marathon before doing a matinee and evening performance of “The Color Purple”?

From Los Angeles Times

Chepngetich came through the halfway mark in 1:04:16, which would have been the fifth-fastest women’s half-marathon time in history.

From BBC

Former marathon world record holder Wilson Kipsang, former half-marathon world record holder Abraham Kiptum, Rio 2016 Olympic marathon champion Jemima Sumgong and London Marathon winner Daniel Wanjiru are among those to have been banned.

From BBC

By a curious quirk of fate, it marks 10 years since her first half-marathon - a mere 13.1 miles.

From BBC

The Great Run Company, which organises the half-marathon from Newcastle to South Shields, has said its "thoughts and sympathies are with all those who loved and knew him".

From BBC