half-marathon

British  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

The one-day Ironman 70.3 endurance event - also known as a Half Ironman - starts with a 1.2-mile swim, before 56 miles on the bike, and finishes with a 13.1-mile half-marathon.

From BBC

Don’t try to cover anyone wearing a brand new Half-Marathon T-shirt.

From The Wall Street Journal

Instead, he competed in lesser-known 10km and half-marathon road races in Europe and Asia, according to family and friends.

From BBC

I was training for a half-marathon at the time that I was diagnosed with hyponatremia, and I was easily drinking 4 liters of water or sports drinks a day.

From Slate

A few weeks ago, I was bound to crutches after fracturing the neck of my femur while running a half-marathon with Image’s fashion director at large, Keyla Marquez.

From Los Angeles Times