Rebecca Louise Hilland from BFG Bergen Athletics Club won the half marathon for women during today's BMW Oslo Marathon. Hilland was the best of all women with a time of 1:16:46. She competed in the class K 35-39 years.
-It was hot to run today. The first half went well. The second half was very tough, but the audience gave me a boost today, says Rebecca Louise Hilland from BFG Bergen Athletics Club.
In second place overall among the women was Runa Skrove Falch from the organizing club SK Vidar with a time of 1:20:06. She also ran in the age group K 35-39. In third place came Jessica Gunnarsson from SK Vidar with a time of 1:21:41 in class K 40-44.
In 2015, Eleanor Davies (K 24-34) from the UK was fastest in the half marathon for women with a time of 1:15:45.
The track record for the half marathon for women is 1:09:41 and is held by Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal. The record is from 2012, and it was never threatened in today's half marathon.