Liverpool Half Marathon
| Liverpool Half Marathon | |
|---|---|
| Date | March |
| Location | Liverpool |
| Event type | Road |
| Distance | Half marathon |
| Established | 1994 |
| Course records | 1:06:23 (men) 1:15:53 (women) |
| Official site | btrliverpool |
The Liverpool Half Marathon is an annual road running event held on the streets of Liverpool, United Kingdom. It has previously been sponsored by Vitality and Mizuno Corporation.
In 2014 the Liverpool Half Marathon was named as one of the eight events in the Vitality Run Series alongside the Brighton Half Marathon, Reading Half Marathon, Oxford Half Marathon, Bath Half Marathon, North London Half Marathon, Hackney Half Marathon and British 10k London Run.
Course
Generally the course starts in Liverpool town centre and goes up Parliament Street then turns south towards Sefton Park and Otterspool before proceeding north along the waterfront back towards the centre.[1]
From 2016 onwards the event featured a 10-mile race running along a similar route.[2]
Past winners
Key: Course record
| Edition | Year | Date | Men's winner | Time (h:m:s) | Women's winner | Time (h:m:s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8th | 2002 | 1 September |  Neo Molema (RSA) | 1:03:49 |  Cathy Mutwa (KEN) | 1:19:20 |
| 9th | 2003 | 12 October | Wilson Kogo Kiptoo (KEN) | 1:04:56 |  Yelena Burykina (RUS) | 1:15:01 |
| 10th [3] | 2004 | 10 October | Zachary Kihara (KEN) | 1:05:21 |  Hawa Hussein (TAN) | 1:18:07 |
| 11th | 2005 | 13 March | Simon Kasimili (KEN) | 1:04:15 |  Debra Mason (GBR) | 1:13:02 |
| 12th | 2006 | 19 March | Andi Jones (GBR) | 1:05:24 | Birhan Dagne (GBR) | 1:15:01 |
| 13th | 2007 | 25 March | Ben Fish (GBR) | 1:07:15 | Liz Hawker (GBR) | 1:17:35 |
| 14th | 2008 | 2 March | Ben Fish (GBR) | 1:08:01 | Jenny Blizard (GBR) | 1:15:53 |
| 15th | 2009 | 29 March | Stuart Stokes (GBR) [4] | 1:10:20 | Sarah Ridehalgh (GBR) | 1:23:46 |
| 16th | 2010 | 28 March | Paul Sankey (GBR)[5] | 1:13:25 | Julie Briscoe (GBR) | 1:16:57 |
| 17th | 2011 | 20 March | Ben Fish (GBR) | 1:07:41 | | |
| 18th | 2012 | 18 March |  Bartosz Mazerski (POL) | 1:08:41 | Caroline Walsh (GBR) | 1:21:25 |
| 19th | 2013 | 17 March | Josh Lilly (GBR)[6] | 1:06:23 | Linda Howell (GBR) | 1:22:59 |
| 20th | 2014 | 23 March | Andrew Davies (GBR) | 1:09:52 | Nikki Boyde (GBR) | 1:26:16 |
| 21st | 2015 | 29 March | Paul Martelletti (GBR) | 1:08:00 |  Michelle Poulsen (DEN) | 1:21:04 |
| 22nd | 2016 | 13 March |  Dejene Gezimu (ETH) [7] | 1:06:59 | Michelle Nolan (GBR) [8] | 1:20:21 |
| 23rd | 2017 | 2 April | Dejene Gezimu (ETH) [7] | 1:05:52 | Michelle Nolan (GBR) [8] | 1:19:38 |
| 24th | 2018 | 25 March | Jonathan Mellor (GBR) | Kirsty Longley (GBR) | ||
| 25th | 2019 | 10 March | Daniel Kestrel (GBR) | 1:11:01 | Ellen Mcleod (GBR) | 1:28:00 |
| 26th | 2020 | 15 March | Alistair Rutherford (GBR) | 1:09:51 | Charlotte Mason (GBR) | 1:21:52 |
| 27th | 2022 | 27 March | Ben Taylor (GBR) [9] | 1:10:40 | Chloe Wilkinson (GBR) [10] | 1:23:02 |
The route of 2018 event was found to be slightly short and so will not count as a course record [11]
- All Jeska's athletics results were declared null and void when she failed to produce samples of her testosterone levels.[12]
References
- Liverpool Half Marathon
- Liverpool 10 Miler
- "7,000 pound pavements in city's big race". Crewe Chronicle. 11 October 2004. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- "Stuart Stokes wins Liverpool Half Marathon 2009". Liverpool Echo. 30 March 2009. Retrieved 30 March 2009.
- "Thousands of runners take part in Liverpool half marathon". Liverpool Daily Post. 29 March 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
- "Tipton Harrier Josh Lilly is the Liverpool Half Marathon champion". Liverpool Echo. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
- Dejene Gezimu at Power of 10
- Michelle Nolan at Power of 10
- "Official results 2022". TDL Events. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- "Official results 2022". TDL Events. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- Liverpool's half marathon WAS 400 yards short
- Transgender athlete jailed | Lancashire Evening Post