Wilmslow Half Marathon

The Wilmslow Half Marathon is an annual half marathon road running race, established in 1984 and usually run in March as part of the Wilmslow Running Festival.^[1]

Course

The race starts to the west of Wilmslow, Cheshire and to the south of Manchester Airport. The course is a single loop and runs through the villages of Morley, Cheshire and Mobberley, finishing near the start.^[2] It uses country lanes, which are closed to traffic. It has been described as a 'beautiful Cheshire countryside course that is both fast and flat - a PB course!'^{[citation needed]}

The course was remeasured in 2016 as the same measuring equipment had been used that incorrectly measured the Greater Manchester Marathon.^[3]

In 2019, the Wilmslow Half Marathon became part of 'Wilmslow Running Festival' and also included a 10k and Fun Run race.

Incidents

The 2018 edition of the event had to be cancelled due to bad weather.^[4] It was rearranged to June.

Recent winners

Key:   Course record

Edition	Year	Date	Men's winner	Time (h:m:s)	Women's winner	Time (h:m:s)
35	2019	24 Mar	Nigel Martin (GBR)	1:05:27	Julie Briscoe (GBR)	1:17:04
34	2018	24 Jun[4]	Mohammad Abu-Rezeq (JOR)[5]	1:06:44	Sarah Lowery (GBR)	1:20:12
33	2017	19 Mar	Mohammad Abu-Rezeq (JOR)[5]	1:06:27	Fanni Gyurko (HUN)	1:18:11
32	2016	3 Apr	Josephat Kipkemoi (KEN)	1:04:59	Teresiah Omosa (KEN)	1:14:49
31	2015	22 Mar	Benjamin Siwa (UGA)	1:04:57	Parendis Lekapana (KEN)	1:11:41
30	2014	23 Mar	Mohammad Abu-Rezeq (JOR)[5]	1:06:01	Julie Briscoe (GBR)[6]	1:15:28
29	2013	24 Mar	Joe MacDonald (GBR)	1:04:54	Julie Briscoe (GBR)[6]	1:15:15
28	2012	25 Mar	Antony Ford (GBR)	1:04:54	Catherine Ansell (GBR)	1:16:53
27	2011	27 Mar	Jean-Berchmans Ndayisenga (BDI)	1:04:24	Julie Briscoe (GBR)[6]	1:13:29
26	2010	28 Mar	Andi Jones (GBR)	1:04:45	Michelle Ross-Cope (GBR)[7]	1:12:02
25	2009	29 Mar	Mark Miles (GBR)	1:04:11	Michelle Ross-Cope (GBR)[7]	1:12:35
24	2008	30 Mar	Gareth Raven (GBR)	1:06:29	Michelle Ross-Cope (GBR)[7]	1:12:50
23	2007	25 Mar	Tomas Abyu (GBR)	1:04:24	Michelle Ross-Cope (GBR)[7]	1:12:43
22	2006	19 Mar	Andrew Norman (GBR)	1:05:54	Pauline Powell (GBR)	1:16:15
21	2005	20 Mar	Tomas Abyu (GBR)	1:06:11	Sarah Willimott (GBR)	1:18:26
20	2004	21 Mar	Isaac Macharia (KEN)	1:01:52[8]	Hawa Hussein (TAN)	1:13:29
19	2003	23 Mar	Julius Kibet Koskei (KEN)	1:02:23	Yelena Burykina (RUS)	1:12:44
18	2002	24 Mar	Michael Kosgei Rotich (KEN)	1:02:57	Yelena Burykina (RUS)	1:13:33
	2001	No Race
17	2000	26 Mar	Nicholas Jones (GBR)	1:03:51	Elizabeth Allott (GBR)	1:13:40
16	1999	28 Mar	Nicholas Jones (GBR)	1:04:00	Heather Heasman (GBR)	1:17:00
15	1998	29 Mar	Ian Hudspith (GBR)	1:04:22	Heather Heasman (GBR)	1:15:59
14	1997	23 Mar	Bashir Hussain (GBR)	1:05:52	Catherine Shum (IRL)	1:15:23
13	1996	31 Mar	Eamonn Martin (GBR)	1:04:32	Suzanne Rigg (GBR)	1:12:32
12	1995	19 Mar	Andrew Green (GBR)	1:04:39	Carol Holmes (GBR)	1:16:58
11	1994	27 Mar	Andrew Green (GBR)	1:04:51	Suzanne Rigg (GBR)	1:14:48
10	1993	28 Mar	Bashir Hussain (GBR)	1:05:28	Anne Cartwright (GBR)	1:21:36
9	1992	29 Mar	Karl Harrison (GBR)	1:06:23	Suzanne Rigg (GBR)	1:13:42
8	1991	14 Apr	L Dunn (GBR)	1:06:37	Liz Hardley (GBR)	1:25:14
7	1990	1 Apr	Roger Brewster (GBR)	1:06:10	Linda Rushmere (GBR)	1:15:26
6	1989	3 Apr	Tony O'Kell (GBR)	1:06:51	SS Drehan (GBR)	1:20:15
5	1988	30 Mar	Dave Locke (GBR)	1:06:10	Frances Crozier (GBR)	1:19:19
4	1987	29 Mar	Stephen Forster (GBR)	1:04:58	Bronwen Cardy (GBR)	1:15:31
3	1986	6 Apr	Steve Anders (GBR)	1:04:16	C Harkin (GBR)	1:17:03
2	1985	31 Mar	Steve Anders (GBR)	1:05:21	Susan Catterall (GBR)	1:22:28
1	1984	4 Apr	P Shaw (GBR)	1:08:41	CL Modrat (GBR)	1:26:57

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