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The Freckleton Half Marathon is an annual road running event held in Freckleton, Lancashire, United Kingdom. The event was the idea of the then chairman of the local sport committee who was inspired by Ron Hill's performance in the 1964 Summer Olympics, and Ron accepted the invitation to run.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://sites.google.com/site/freckletonmarathon/race-history )〕 Ron won that first race and later described the distance "The half marathon is a great distance, as you can push yourself almost flat out without the risk of blowing up". Ron returned to Freckleton in 2007, aged 70, and wore the race number 65 in honour of the first year.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.hillysocks.com/news/june-2007 )〕 The race provided three of the first six world records at this relatively new Half Marathon distance, two achieved by Ron Hill in 1965 and 1969, and one by Pete Ravald in 1966. The race is probably the oldest continuously running Half Marathon event in the UK, after the demise of the Romford Half Marathon and The Morpeth.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.arrs.net/HP_RomfordHM.htm )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.arrs.net/HP_MNc14.htm )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.arrs.net/HP_FreHM.htm )〕 ==Winners== Year by year:〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Freckleton Half Marathon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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