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The Reading Half Marathon is a half marathon road running event held on the streets of the English town of Reading. The race is normally held on a Sunday in March or early April of each year. It was first run on 13 March 1983, and has been run every year since, with the exception for 2001. The race is open to everyone from fun runner to elite athlete, and was one of the first town races to include wheelchair athletes. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Mizuno Reading Half Marathon – Race Info )〕 The 2015 race was held on 22 March, and over 14,000 athletes started. The 2016 race will be held on 3 April. ==Course== The Reading Half Marathon has had several courses over its life. The inaugural race in 1983 and several subsequent races used University of Reading's Whiteknights Campus for both the start and finish. Other early courses involved use of the Rivermead Sports Centre, on the banks of the River Thames, as start and/or finish, but recent races have used Green Park Business Park and the adjacent Madejski Stadium, both to the south of Reading, for these purposes.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url = http://www.readinghalfmarathon.com/downloads/RHM11_CourseMap.pdf )〕 The 1984 course appears to have been short of the full half marathon distance. In 1992 the course was shortened by approximately 700 metres due to a bomb-scare.〔 The current course starts in Green Park Business Park, which it loops before proceeding eastwards through Whitley Wood to the Whiteknights Campus, which lies between the and markers. The route then heads north, passing close to the ruins of Reading Abbey, before traversing the town centre between the and markers. Leaving the town centre by Oxford Road and a steep climb up Russell Street, the course then loops around West Reading until the marker. The course then heads back south to the Madejski Stadium, where it finishes within the stadium.〔 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「Reading Half Marathon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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