Susan Partridge (athlete)

Susan Partridge (born 4 January 1980) is a British long-distance runner who competes in marathon races. Her personal best for the distance is 2:30:46 hours. She has represented Britain in the marathon at the European Athletics Championships and the World Championships in Athletics, as well as competing for Scotland at the Commonwealth Games.

Susan Partridge at the Yorkshire Cross Country Championships in 2011

Biography

Raised in Oban in Scotland,[1] she made her first international outings for Great Britain in cross country running, placing 32nd in the junior race at the 1998 European Cross Country Championships, then 89th in the junior section of the 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships.[2] She is a two-time Scottish national cross country champion, having won in 2003 and 2008.[3]

In April 2004 she made her marathon debut at the London Marathon and came in 20th place with a time of 2:41:44 hours. She also came fourth at the Rotterdam Half Marathon that year. The following year she started with a win at the Bath Half Marathon then returned to the London Marathon to improve her time to 2:37:50 hours for 15th.[4] She was selected for the 2005 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships and was 25th, helping the British women to fifth in the team rankings.[5] In 2006, she finished as runner-up at the Barcelona Half Marathon before going on to make her international debut for Scotland at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, where she came tenth. Her second major outing of the year came at the inaugural 2006 IAAF World Road Running Championships over 20 km and she took 27th place.[6]

Partridge focused on road races in the 2007 season and highlights included a fifth-place finish at the Great Scottish Run, sixth at the Great North Run and sixth at the Dublin Marathon. Her performances declined over 2008 and 2009 but she marked a return to form at the 2009 Birmingham Half Marathon in October, which she won in a course record time of 72:50 minutes. She won the 2010 Reading Half Marathon and ran a personal best of 2:35:57 hours for 17th at the 2010 London Marathon. After wins at the Mansfield Half Marathon and Great North 10K, she represented Britain at the 2010 European Championships Marathon, taking 16th place and winning the team bronze medal in the European Marathon Cup. Later that year she had her second career win at the Birmingham Half Marathon.[4]

At the 2011 London Marathon she improved her personal best to 2:34:13 hours.[3] This gained her a place on the British team for the 2011 World Championships Marathon and she was the first Briton home in 24th place after 2:35:57 hours.[7] She managed third place at the end of year San Silvestre Vallecana in Spain, being the first European to finish.[8]

Achievements
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
2014 Reading Half Marathon Reading, UK 1st Half marathon 1:12:18[9][10]
Great North Run Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK 10th Half marathon 1:12:28
IAAF World Half Marathon Championships Copenhagen, Denmark 40th Half marathon 1:13:16
2013 Bath Half Marathon Bath, UK 2nd Half marathon 1:10:32
2012 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships Kavarna, Bulgaria 22nd Half marathon 1:13:55
Cardiff Half Marathon Cardiff, UK 1st Half marathon 1:11:10
2010 Reading Half Marathon Reading, UK 1st Half marathon 1:12:47[11]
Great Birmingham Run Birmingham, UK 1st Half marathon 1:13:56
2009 Great Birmingham Run Birmingham, UK 1st Half marathon 1:12:50
2005 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships Edmonton, Canada 25th Half marathon 1:13:49
Bath Half Marathon Bath, UK 1st Half marathon 1:13:10

References
  1. Susan Partridge. Puma. Retrieved on 2011-12-17.
  2. Susan Partridge. Scottish Association of Track Statisticians. Retrieved on 2011-12-17.
  3. National Crosscountry Champions Scotland. Association of Road Racing Statisticians (2011-08-16). Retrieved on 2011-12-17.
  4. Susan Partridge at Power of 10
  5. 2005 IAAF World HM - Women's Team. IAAF (2005-10-01). Retrieved on 2011-12-17.
  6. Partridge Susan. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-12-17.
  7. Chadband, Ian (2011-08-27). World Athletics Championships 2011: Edna Kiplagat survives fall to win women's marathon and lead Kenyan 1-2-3 in Daegu. The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved on 2011-12-17.
  8. Valiente, Emeterio (2012-01-01). Gebrehiwot surprises, Dibaba signals strong return in Madrid 10Km – San Silvestre Vallecana report. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-01-06.
  9. Adkins, Natasha (2 March 2014). "Thousands line the streets to cheer runners in the 2014 Reading Half Marathon". getreading.co.uk. S&B Media. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  10. "Mizuno Reading Half Marathon 2014 – Provisional Results" (PDF). Brasher Leisure Ltd T/A Sweatshop. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 July 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  11. "Reading Half Marathon 2010" (PDF). Reading Half Marathon. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 March 2010. Retrieved 22 March 2010.
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