The Popularity of 13.1 Miles: A Half Marathon Statistics

THE GROWING POPULARITY OF THE Half MARATHON 13.1 MILES THE HALF MARATHON IS THE FASTEST GROWING DISTANCE RACE. IN FACT, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO'VE RACED 13.1 MILES HAS NEARLY DOUBLED IN THE PAST DECADE. IN 2012 THERE WERE 1.85 million fininhens A NEW HIGH AN IMPRESSIVE 14.9% INCREASE FROM 2011 but lower than the historic 24% rise in both 2009 and 2010 "A CHALLENGE, BUT ALSO DO ABLE WITH EVERY DAY LIFE. "TRAINING DOESN'T TAKE OVER YOUR LIFE, BUT IT'S STILLA PRETTY GOOD ACCOMPLISHMENT TO RUN A HALF." BRAE BLACKLEY Founder of Zooma, a women's race series that began in Annapolis in 2006. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY IN 2012 THERE WERE A RECORD 60%=females 740,000 Male OF U.S. HALF MARATHON FINISHERS WERE FINISHERS ACCORDING TO RUNNING USA'S 2013 NATIONAL RUNNER SURVEY, THE HALF-M ARATHON IS ALSO THE FAVORITE DISTANCE TO RUN FOR BOTH GENDERS 43% 38% THE HALF MARATHON IS THE RACE THAT RUNNERS MOST INTERESTED IN ENTERING. 77% OVERALL Reasons to RUN 13.1 MILES EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN BUT HERE ARE A FEW marathon sEE THIS BEGINNERS WHO YEARN T O RUN A DISTANCE AS THE FIRST BIG STEP MARATHONERS FIND THAT THE alf KEEPS THEM IN SHAPE FOR THEIR NEXT "full" THE DISTANCE IS ENOUGH OFA CHALLENGE TO KEEP RUNNERS focuned AND enengied INCREASING LONG RUNS TOVWARDS A HALF MARATHON RACE fanten limen AT 5K, 10K, EIC. RESULTS IN FAST FASTEST GROWING THE HALF MARATHON HAS BEEN THE noud nace dintance F A C T S FOR SEVEN CONSECUTIVE YEARS 2006 - 201 2 The numben of 13.1LE FINISHERS 10% OR MORE EACH YEAR. HAS GROWN BY SINCE 2000 THE HALF MARATHON NUMBER OF FINISHERS IN THIS COUNTRY HAS NO OTHE R U.S. RO AD DISTANCE COMES CLOSE TO THIS GROWTH RATE EXCEPT neanly quadnupled 13800 482,000 lo 1,850,000 DURING THE SECOND RUNNING BOOM Circa 1994 284% AN IMPRESSIVE INCREASE OF NOW THE QUESTION IS... WILL YOU JOIN THE Half Manathon BOOM? Sounces: http://www.runnersworld.com/tag/half-marathon http://www.runningusa.org/index.cfm?ffuseaction=news.details&Articleld=333 http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/wellbeing/fitness/why-everyone-is-running-a-half-marathon-these-days.php http://jeffgalloway.typepad.com/jeff_galloways_blog/2011/09/why-is-the-half-marathon-so-popular.html http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/25260-PRV-BOSTON-MARATHON-02_27_2003-19.15.30.jpg Created by lemon ly