The CPC Loop Den Haag (abbreviated for ''City-Pier-City Loop'') is an annual

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competition held in

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, every mid-March. The inaugural edition was held in 1975 and featured a 14.5 km course. This was extended to the half marathon distance the following year. The competition has been used as the Dutch half marathon championships on a number of occasions. The course is a relatively flat one, which lends itself to fast times for athletes. A former men's half marathon

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of 58:33 minutes was set at this race by

Samuel Wanjiru Samuel Kamau Wanjiru (10 November 1986 – 15 May 2011) was a Kenyan long-distance runner who won the 2008 Beijing Olympics Marathon in an Olympic record time of 2:06:32; becoming the first Kenyan to win the Olympic gold in the marathon. He beca ...

in 2007.IAAF, March 17, 2007
Wanjiru again! World records broken in Half Marathon and 20 km in The Hague
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Tegla Loroupe Tegla Chepkite Loroupe (born 9 December 1979) is a Kenyan long-distance track and road runner. She is also a global spokeswoman for peace, women's rights and education. Loroupe holds the world records for 25 and 30 kilometers and previously ...

is the women's course record holder with her run of 1:07:32 hours from 1998. The most successful athletes of the CPC race are both Dutch:

Carla Beurskens Carolina ("Carla") Alwina Hubertina Beurskens (born 10 February 1952) was one of Holland's most prominent female long-distance runners from the second half of the 1970s until well into the 1990s, including all distances from 3000 metres to the ma ...

and

Marti ten Kate Martin "Marti" ten Kate (born 16 December 1958) is a retired long-distance runner from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, where he finished in 9th place in the 10,000 metres (27: ...

have both topped the podium on four separate occasions. In its earlier editions, Dutch and other Europeans were the most successful athletes. From the 1990s onwards, this changed due to the rise of African, and particularly

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n, runners. Kenya's dominance was highlighted by a ten-year undefeated streak in the men's race from 2001 to 2010.Michiels, Frieda et al (2011-03-13)
City-Pier-City Half Marathon
Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2011-03-17.

Winners

Key:

Wins by country

References

;List of winners *Michiels, Frieda ''et al.'' (2011-03-13)
City-Pier-City Half Marathon
Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2011-03-17.

External links

* {{European half marathons Half marathons in the Netherlands Annual sporting events in the Netherlands Sports competitions in The Hague