Hollywood Half Marathon is an annual

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event over the

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distance 21.0975 kilometres (13.1094 mi), which is held each spring in Hollywood,

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. The race was inaugurated in 2012 and has been held every year since then to raise funds and awareness for

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youth homeless shelters. The course starts on

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and runs through

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neighborhoods, then returns to finish along the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Vine Street. Both men and women are able to enter the half marathon and shorter 10-kilometer race and 5 kilometer

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. The Hollywood Half Marathon & 5K / 10K is professionally managed by Superhero Events, LLC. Superhero Events is a Southern California based

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and

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company founded by Ken E. Nwadike Jr The company was formed in 2010, in

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References

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