Alberto Salazar Australian Derek Clayton in 1969 in Antwerp, Belgium. However, the course was found on re-measurement to be about 148 meters short of the 42.195 kilometre (26 miles, 385 yards) distance. This is equivalent to about 27 seconds. In 1982 he won his first and only Boston Marathon after the famous "Duel in the Sun" with Dick Beardsley. Salazar won the race in an exciting sprint finish and collapsed at the end before being taken to an emergency room and given six liters of saline solution intravenously because he had not drunk during the race. Salazar ended the year ranked #1
Valencia Half Marathon Valencia Half Marathon The Valencia Half Marathon () is an annual road running event over the half marathon distance (21.1 km or 13.1 miles) that takes place in the city of Valencia, Spain. It is organised by the S.D. Correcaminos Valencia sports club, which also organises the annual Valencia Marathon. The event was first held in 1991 as a race over 20 kilometres known as the "20 kilómetros Ciudad de Valencia" and this continued each May up to 2005. From 2006 onwards, the competition was extended slightly to become a half marathon. The change coincided with a growth in the