the associated press reported Reporting that mutai has the support Supporting of other runners who describe the iaaf 's rules as `` flawed '' .

The runners are male , and traditionally run completely naked Wearing in public places , with their genitals fully visible , on a designated route .

There are 7,000 runners in the full marathon Competition and 11,000 in the half marathon Competition , making it Causation one of the largest running events Competition in the United States .

Amateur and professional runners from all over the world compete Competition in the Boston Marathon each year , braving the hilly Massachusetts terrain and varying weather to take part in the race .

The maximum permitted field of 40 runners ran Self_motion the last-ever of Aintree 's National Course featuring 30 fences , competing Competition for record prize money of £975,000 , making it Causation the highest-valued National Hunt race in the United Kingdom .

The changes Change included reducing Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the severity of some of the fences , raising Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the minimum age of participating Participation horses from six to seven years old , and requiring all runners to have previously been placed Placing in a recognised steeplechase of at least three miles .

The elite athletes run Motion three laps of the course , while the open Openness race Competition , for runners over 18 , comprises Containing two laps .

For the first two years , the elite runners competed Competition over , and on both occasions the race Competition was won by Colombian runner Yolanda Fernández .

Ethiopian Belainesh Gebre won in 2011 , setting Placing a course record Recording of 40:46 , while two Kenyan runners won in 2012 and 2013 , Veronica Nyaruai followed by Sylvia Kibet .

The first race Competition was held on September 25 , 1977 under the original name the Mayor Daley Marathon , which drew a field of 4,200 runners .

The race has achieved Achieve its elite status among marathons Competition by developing Cause_to_make_progress relationships with sponsors who provide Supply prize money to lure elite runners who have produced Creating American and world record Recording performances .

The race Competition is limited Limiting to 45,000 runners and only runners who finish Process_end within 6½ hours are officially timed .

The race Competition is limited Limiting to 45,000 runners and only runners who finish Process_end within 6½ hours are officially timed .

although the race Competition has limited Limiting registration , exceptions include Cause_to_be_included elite runners , legacy finishers , and charity representatives .

The River to River Relay is a long distance relay race Competition in which teams of runners run Self_motion from the Mississippi River to the Ohio River , covering Hiding_objects a distance of 80 miles .

over 2000 runners take part in the race Competition every year .

River to River is a race Competition of friendly competition Competition that experienced Change_sentiment to novice runners enjoy running Self_motion .

After the race Competition , massage tables are ready GetReady for runners to use Using , a band plays , food stands are set up Building , and awards Judgment_communication are given out Giving .

The event was first held in 2008 , when the race Competition achieved Achieve its full capacity of 10,000 runners , setting Placing a new world record Recording attendance for an event on its debut Process_start .

In addition to the full marathon , a `` 2 x 21.1 km '' relay Motion_directional race Competition was added Cause_to_be_included in 2013 , in which runners can race Competition in pairs , with one person running Self_motion the first half of the race Competition , and then the other running Self_motion the second half of the race Competition .

Ethiopian runners have also been successful in the women 's races Competition , winning on all but one occasion .

The tournament Competition saw Scotland who won the final against the UAE qualifying for their 3rd World Cup and retaining Preserving their ODI status and runners up the UAE qualifying for their second world cup and gaining Getting ODI status .

The maximum permitted Preventing_or_letting field of 40 runners competed Competition for a share of a record Recording £1 million prize fund , which makes the National the most valuable jump race in Europe .

Eighteen runners completed Process_end the course , and all returned Arriving safely to the stables .

The maximum permitted Preventing_or_letting field of 40 runners competed for a share of the £975,000 prize fund , which made Causation the National the most valuable jump race in Europe .

Seventeen runners completed Process_end the 4-mile 4 furlong course over Aintree 's National circuit .

Those blockade runners fast enough to evade the Union Navy could only carry Carry_goods a small fraction of the supplies needed .

The Union commissioned around 500 ships , which destroyed Destroying or captured Conquering about 1,500 blockade runners over the course of the war .

Twenty two out of the twenty six runners failed Causation to finish Process_end .

In addition , runners can gain Getting an entry by joining Becoming_a_member a team to raise Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale funds for one of a number of charities .

In 2013 , the race hosted Come_together 15,424 runners .

the race has runners travel Traveling around historical places on wright-patterson and fairborn , ohio , including the air force institute of technology , air force materiel command headquarters , the wright-patterson flight line and the wright brothers memorial monument .

Runners finishing before the 30-hour time limit for the race receive Receiving a commemorative bronze belt buckle , while runners finishing in under 24 hours receive a silver belt buckle .

A total of 22,426 runners started Process_start the race .

The competition Competition was held Hold in hot running Motion conditions , reaching Arriving 88 degrees Fahrenheit ( 31° Celsius ) that afternoon , and some of the 27,000 registered Recording runners opted Choosing to take up Participation the organizers ' offer to defer their entry until the 2013 race .

The race Competition draws Getting runners from all over the region and the nation .

Kenyan runners dominated Control the competition Competition , taking Conquering all four individual titles and all four team titles at the competition Competition .

In the absence of Zersenay Tadese and Kenenisa Bekele , the senior men 's race Competition was an opportunity for less-established runners .

The dominance Control of the competition Competition by Kenyan and East African runners was accompanied Causation by a decline Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale in the number of European teams that were entered Participation for the tournament Competition , with some historically strong countries sending Sending no athletes at all .

The 2013 Tokyo Marathon featured marathon races Competition for runners and wheelchair racers .

A 10-kilometre race was also held for the disabled and runners under eighteen years .

The mass races set GetReady a new participation record with a total of 28,721 runners entering the race over 42.195 kilometres ( 26 miles and 385 yards ) , and 36,676 people taking part Dispersal in the day 's races as a whole .

The first Great North Run was staged on 28 June 1981 , when 12,000 runners participated .

Many local runners , from the neighboring Armenia and Azerbaijan participate Participation as well .

The race begins Process_start at 5:00 AM and continues Change through the day with the last runners finishing Process_end around 9:00 PM .