French term
Tunisia
passage au semi en 3h
This is for a marathon (obviously), I do not have complete sentences here:
"Meneurs d'allure
3h30 / 3h45 / 4h00 / 4h15 / 4h30 / 4h45
Barrière horaire
6h00 (passage au semi en 3h00)
Is there a specific wording for "passage au semi"? Is this Cut off point? (COP)? I'm a bit confused, please help!
Thank you.
| 4 +1 | time limit for half-marathon: 3 hrs |
MoiraB
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| 5 | reaching the half-marathon mark within 3h |
Nicolas Gambardella
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| 4 | passing the half-marathon within 3 h |
erwan-l
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Proposed translations
time limit for half-marathon: 3 hrs
As a marathon runner (and married to a serial marathoner), I should know this, but not absolutely sure how this would be succinctly phrased in English, as we tend to run in France. I think time limit works though. Basically, the cut-off time (barrière horaire) for finishing the whole marathon is 6 hrs, after which you won't get an official finishing time, finisher's medal/T-shirt, etc. (In practice, they tend to be a bit more flexible.) The time-limit for completing the first half of the course (i.e. half-marathon distance) is 3 hrs, at which point I suspect anyone who hasn't reached the halfway point will be asked to withdraw. As Nicolas says, they're unlikely to be able to make the full cut-off time of 6 hrs. The meneurs d'allure are the pacemakers, good runners who set the pace for others who want to finish the marathon in 3hrs30, 3hrs45, etc. Usually carry a big sign with the target time on it.
| Thank you MoiraB :) |
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Nicolas Gambardella
: I do not think there is a cut-off time at the half marathon. What the text suggests is that the cut-off for the whole race is 6 hours. The 3 hour at half-way is indicative. If there was an actual cut-off at half-way "barrière horaire" would be plural.
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I didn't say it was the cut-off time...
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Yvonne Gallagher
: no reason for a disagree here. I agree with your reasoning https://copenhagenmarathon.dk/en/tidsgraense/
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Thanks, Yvonne!
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Sandra & Kenneth Grossman
3 days 22 hrs
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passing the half-marathon within 3 h
Semi : semi-marathon (FR)
| Thank you erwan :) |
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philgoddard
: I don't know what you mean by passing.
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Au sens franchir.
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reaching the half-marathon mark within 3h
I provided the long version. You can probably write: "reaching the half in 3h"
| Thank you Nicolas :) |
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Thomas Miles
: Votre première suggestion est la seule suggérant qu'il s'agit d'un marathon complet (mais "reaching the half in 3h" n'est pas idiomatique).
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je n'ai traduit que la parenthèse. Le marathon est implicite dans la barrière horaire de 6 h.
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Discussion
the marathon (6h00 (passage au semi en 3h00) as stated in my question and the half marathon: 3h00 (passage mi-course en 1h30)