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Sunday 7th October 2018 Kosice Half Marathon 2018 No 15 Slovakia

Sunday 7th October 2018 Kosice Half Marathon 2018 Slovakia No 15

Richard 01:57:02 Jackie 02:14:41

Did you know ?

 In terms of the number of years held, this marathon is the oldest in Europe and the sixth-oldest in the world. The first marathon was held in 1924 and was run by 8 participants. Inspired by marathon race in the Paris Olympic games in 1924, Vojtech Braun Bukovský (a sports enthusiast and journalist) organized this marathon. The marathon takes place each year on the first October Sunday. The 94th  edition of this marathon was held on 7th October 2018 .

Oldest 
  Boston        1897
  New York   1907  (revived 1935)
  Greater Manchester Run 1908 (revived 2012)
  The Comrades Marathon 1921 South Africa
   Kosice Peace Marathon   1924

The run starts in the center and is a big deal in Kosice and running the course it felt like the whole city was on the streets supporting us . The half marathon is one  lap and the marathon runners go round twice . There is also a race for hand bikes and inline skaters with several thousand plus taking part in total . I finished just in time to see the marathon finish and it was a brilliant finish between the men with four seconds separating the first two. 02:08:10 and 02:08:14. The first woman  finished in 02:27:14 .




We really enjoyed this event and visiting Kosice it is a small compact city but the main street is awesome with the Cathedral and roadside cafes . We had to fly from Luton which made the journey that little bit more difficult , we had our best yet Airbnb  and plan to visit again .



View from  the top of the Cathedral
Our balcony view .







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