The term is sometimes used in place of "half marathon" (500 Festival Mini-Marathon in Indianapolis), but can also be applied to races of other distances such as 5 km (Beirut mini-marathon) or 10 km (Dublin Women's Mini Marathon[1]).
One of the first events to use the name was the New York Mini Marathon, a women-only race first held in 1972.
[2] The Dublin Women's Mini Marathon started in 1983 and is one of the largest events of its kind in the world.
A separate event to the Dublin Marathon, it has had some 600,000 entrants since its inception in 1983.
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