Lake Vyrnwy Half Marathon

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Lake Vyrnwy Half Marathon
DateSeptember
Location Lake Vyrnwy, Wales
Event type Road
Distance Half Marathon
Established1988;37 years ago (1988)
Course records1:02:14 (men)
1:12:05 (women)
Official site lakevyrnwyhalfmarathon.com

The Lake Vyrnwy Half Marathon is an annual half marathon Welsh road running event which takes place around Lake Vyrnwy each September.

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History

St Wddyn's church, Llanwddyn. This church was built at the time of construction of Lake Vyrnwy reservoir. St Wddyn's church, Llanwddyn - geograph.org.uk - 2471169.jpg
St Wddyn's church, Llanwddyn. This church was built at the time of construction of Lake Vyrnwy reservoir.

The first Lake Vyrnwy Half Marathon was held in 1988 in aid of the St Wddyn's Church Restoration Fund . [1] An appeal to raise money towards the church roof had been placed in a local newspaper and Doug Morris, of the Oswestry Olympians, offered to organise a half marathon for the appeal . [2] The race has been run annually until 2008 when after Doug Morris' death, just before the 2007 edition, [3] the race organisers took a year off before restarting in 2009.

Course

The race consists of just over one lap of the lake.

Winners

EditionYearDateMen's winnerTime (h:m:s)Women's winnerTime (h:m:s)
31st20198 SepJonathan Mellor1:04:36Alison Lavender1:17:58
30th20189 SepStuart Hawkes1:06:44Clara Evans1:17:59
29th201710 Sep Jonathan Mellor 1:04:57 Elizabeth Renondeau 1:21:17
28th201611 Sep Ryan Holroyd 1:07:59 Rachel Jones 1:20:32
27th201513 Sep Ben Fish [4] 1:07:53 Kelly Crickmore 1:17:12
26th201414 Sep Alex O'Gorman 1:08:35 Alison Lavender 1:17:00
25th201315 Sep Ben Fish [4] 1:08:05 Claire Martin [5] 1:19:34
24th20129 Sep Ben Fish [4] 1:06:50 Alison Lavender 1:20:02
23rd201111 Sep Ben Fish [4] 1:07:43 Claire Martin [5] 1:18:53
22nd201012 Sep John McCole 1:08:52 Jenny Clague 1:20:53
21st200913 Sep Ben Fish [4] 1:06:55 Claire Martin [5] 1:18:53
2008No Race
20th20079 Sep Paul Sankey 1:11:28 Jenny Clague 1:15:43
19th200610 Sep Marc Yattich 1:05:31 Cathy Mutwa [6] 1:12:43
18th200511 Sep Wilfred Taragon 1:02:14 Ogla Kimaiyo 1:12:05
17th200419 Sep Zachary Kihara 1:04:44 Cathy Mutwa [6] 1:15:53
16th200314 Sep Onesmus Kilonzo 1:03:04 Pauline Wangui 1:15:00
15th200215 Sep Eric Kiplagat 1:06:41 Louise Watson 1:17:30
14th200116 Sep Larry Mathews 1:05:08 Amanda Allen 1:12:43
13th2000 Nick Jones 1:03:12 Amanda Wright-Allen 1:18:23
12th1999 Ian Pierce and Tony Graham 1:06:58 Bronwen Cardy-Wise 1:18.34
11th1998 Joseph Kioo Mitunda 1:04.55 Cath Charnock 1:17.57
10th1997 Dale Loughlin 1:04.06 Lesley Turner 1:17.48
9th1996 Tony Graham 1:06.58 Tracy Swindell 1:18.04
8th1995 Tony O'Brien 1:05.54 Lesley Turner 1:17.07
7th1994 Steve Brace 1:05.39 Janice Moorekite 1:17.07
6th1993 Andrew Green 1:04.55 Lesley Turner 1:15.40
5th1992 Dave Gratton 1:06.00 Bronwen Cardy-Wise 1:15.40
4th1991 Paul Campbell 1:07.58 Bronwen Cardy-Wise 1:16.45
3rd1990 Andrew Green 1:04.34 Amanda Wright 1:17.29
2nd1989 Andrew Green 1:04.16 Janet Witter 1:24.21
1st1988 Andrew Green 1:07.58 Frances Mudway 1:22.35

See also

References

  1. "LAKE VYRNWY HALF MARATHON - History". LAKE VYRNWY HALF MARATHON. LAKE VYRNWY HALF MARATHON. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  2. "Memorial to Doug Morris". Mercia Fell Runners. Mercia Fell Runners. 13 June 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  3. North Wales Daily Post (13 August 2007). "'Unsung' sports hero dies". Daily Post. Daily Post. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Ben Fish at Power of 10
  5. 1 2 3 Claire Martin at Power of 10
  6. 1 2 Cathy Mutwa at Power of 10