Ruth Chepngetich

Kenya's Ruth Chepngetich ran her way into the history books at the N Kolay Istanbul Half Marathon on Sunday, breaking the women's half-marathon world record with a blazing-fast time of 1:04:01. We did the calculations, and that comes out to an average pace of 4:53 per mile (!) over 13.1 miles. Chepngetich sprinted right past the previous time of 1:04:31 set by Ethiopia's Ababel Yeshaneh at the 2020 RAK Half Marathon, claiming the record by a solid 29 seconds. (Chepngetich's record is still being ratified by officials.)

Kenya's Ruth Chepngetich ran her way into the history books at the N Kolay Istanbul Half Marathon on Sunday, breaking the women's half marathon world record with a blazing-fast time of 1:04:01. We did the calculations, and that comes out to an average pace of 4:53 per mile (!) over 13.1 miles. Chepngetich sprinted right past the previous time of 1:04:31 set by Ethiopia's Ababel Yeshaneh at the 2020 RAK Half Marathon, claiming the record by a solid 29 seconds. (Chepngetich's record is still being ratified by officials.)

Ruth Chepngetich broke the women’s half marathon world record at the N Kolay Istanbul Half Marathon on Sunday, April 4. The 26-year-old Kenyan ran 1:04:02, beating the previous record, set by Ababel Yeshaneh in February 2020, by 29 seconds. This is the third time that Chepngetich has won the N...

Kenyan distance runner, Ruth Chepngetich, broke the world half-marathon record in Istanbul on Sunday. She clocked the time of one hour, four minutes, and two seconds (64:02). Her previous best was 65:06 from New Delhi in Nov. 2020. She took nearly half a minute off Ethiopian Ababel Yeshaneh‘s record of...