Wilmslow Half Marathon

Wilmslow Half Marathon
Date	Sunday March 15th 2020
Location	Wilmslow
Event type	Road
Distance	Half marathon
Established	1984;41 years ago (1984)
Course records	1:01:52 (men) 1:10:50 (women)
Official site	https://wilmslowrunningfestival.org.uk/

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)
40	2025	23 Mar	Robert Mwei (KEN)	1:02:34	Sharon Kipchumba (KEN)	1:10:50
39	2024	24 Mar	Dennis Kipkemboi (KEN)	1:02:29	Stephie Pennycook (GBR)	1:13:19
38	2023	26 Mar	Jonny Mellor  (GBR)	1:02:06	Lauren McNeil  (GBR)	1:11:59
37	2022	20 Mar	Jonny Mellor  (GBR)	1:04:24	Anna Bracegirdle (GBR)	1:13:21
36	2021	12 Sep	Philip Sesemann  (GBR)	1:05:18	Heather Townsend (GBR)	1:16:09
	2020	No Race
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

References

1. "Wilmslow: Race series detail". ARRS. ARRS. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
2. "Locations and Race Route". Wilmslow Half Marathon. Wilmslow Half Marathon. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
3. Todd Fitzgerald (11 May 2016). "More misery for runners as 33 north west races are now under investigation for being 'too short'". Manchester Evening News. Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
4. Carly Read (18 March 2018). "Reading, Wilmslow & Brentwood Half Marathon races CANCELLED as UK snow worse than forecast". Express. Express. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
5. Abu-Rezeq at Power of 10
6. Briscoe at Power of 10
7. Ross-Cope at Power of 10
8. "Half-marathon is total triumph". Macclesfield express. Macclesfield express. 24 March 2004. Retrieved 3 January 2018.