Tromsø Midnight Sun Marathon
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Tromsø Midnight Sun Marathon is the northernmost Association of International Marathons and Distance Races
certified marathon in the world. The Midnight Sun Marathon is hosted annually by the Norwegian
city of Tromsø
in June each year.
. The race starts and finishes at the city centre. The runners are facing the Tromsø Bridge after 2 km; an uphill from 6 to 43 meters over sea level. After running about 20 km the runners recross the bridge, and return through the city centre. The field record of the marathon is 2:38:22 for women and 2:20:56 for men.
Association of International Marathons and Distance Races
The Association of International Marathons and Distance Races, also known as AIMS, is an association of long-distance running races. Originally founded in 1982 at a meeting in London of marathon race directors, its membership was extended in 1986 to include all road races...
certified marathon in the world. The Midnight Sun Marathon is hosted annually by the Norwegian
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
city of Tromsø
Tromsø
Tromsø is a city and municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tromsø.Tromsø city is the ninth largest urban area in Norway by population, and the seventh largest city in Norway by population...
in June each year.
Midnight Sun Marathon
The Midnight Sun Marathon first started in 1989 and has runners from most of the world, attracted by its special feature of running in the midnight sunMidnight sun
The midnight sun is a natural phenomenon occurring in summer months at latitudes north and nearby to the south of the Arctic Circle, and south and nearby to the north of the Antarctic Circle where the sun remains visible at the local midnight. Given fair weather, the sun is visible for a continuous...
. The race starts and finishes at the city centre. The runners are facing the Tromsø Bridge after 2 km; an uphill from 6 to 43 meters over sea level. After running about 20 km the runners recross the bridge, and return through the city centre. The field record of the marathon is 2:38:22 for women and 2:20:56 for men.
Course records
- Male: 2:20:56 - Knut Hegvold (Norway) 1996
- Female: 2:38:22 - Brynhild Syntsnes (Norway) 2001
Recent winners
- 2007 M: 02:36:19 David Kanyari (Finland) W: 03:15:30 Olena Babenko (Poland)
- 2006 M: 02:43:12 Jens-Kristian Berg (Norway) W: 03:18:20 Cinta Groos (Netherlands)
- 2005 M: 02:36:11 Runar Höiom (Sweden) W: 02:54:45 Sharon Broadwell (Norway]