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Official national championships have been staged by the United States beginning 1933 for men and 1982 for women. The World Masters Non-Stadia Athletics Championships hosted men's and women's 25K races from 1992 to 1996 and the European Masters Athletics Championships Non Stadia featured men's and women's 25K races in 1991. In international competition, the distance has rarely been used. As runners prepare for a 100K run, they may do training race steps with a 25K followed by a 50K. However, as trail running and ultra running continue to find larger participant fields, the 25K has become a more common trail race distance (many trail races and ultra races use the metric system). In particular, the establishment of the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships in 1992 proved a driver for private races and national championships to switch to the half marathon as the most common distance between the 10K run and the marathon. Some former 25K races have transitioned to shorter distances, with which runners and sponsors are more familiar. The distance was more common in the mid-20th century as mass road running was beginning to develop, but began declining with the increased popularity and familiarity of the marathon and half marathon distance.

As a result its women's world record is 1:26:34 by Nancy Conz, set in 1982. The ARRS holds different standards for records than World Athletics, with exclusions for certain point-to-point races and mixed sex races. Separately, the Association of Road Racing Statisticians retains world records in the 25K distance. It was formerly an official world record distance in road running by World Athletics, but has since been downgraded to world best status. The 25K run (25 kilometers, approximately 15.52 miles) is a long distance running footrace that is between the distance of a half marathon and a marathon.

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