Jersey Marathon

Jersey Marathon

Participants run through the town in 2009.
Date September or October
Location Jersey, Channel Islands Jersey
Event type Road
Distance Marathon
Established 2006
Course records Men: 2:18:13
Women: 2:44:33
Official site www.jersey-marathon.com

The Standard Chartered Jersey Marathon is an annual marathon staged in Jersey, Channel Islands. The 11th event will be held on 2 October 2016.

History

The inaugural event on 8 October 2006 was the first marathon staged in Jersey for 20 years.[1]

The 2006 race attracted approximately 300 runners, and was won by Garry Payne in a time of 2:44:32. In 2007 the men's race was won by Andrew Hennessy with a time of 2:36:45 and the women's race by Michelle Buckle in 03:04:11.

In 2008 Andrew Hennessy retained his title.

The 2009 event took place on 27 September.

The 2011 marathon attracted over 300 off-island runners,[2] and saw 352 finishers in the main event.[3]

The course

The course starts and finishes at Weighbridge Place, St. Helier, and is set out over the town streets, central, north and west of the island.[4]

Results

Edition Year Date Time (h:m:s) Men's winner Time (h:m:s) Women's winner
10 2015 Oct 4 2:18:13 Aleksey Troshkin 2:48:25 Hilda Cheboi
9 2014 Oct 5 2:18:32 Aleksey Troshkin 2:47:48 Getenesh Tamirat
8 2013 Oct 6 2:24:23 Reuben Chumba 2:44:33 Svetlana Pretot
7 2012 Oct 7 2:24:43 Tomas Abyu 2:53:36 Shona Crombie-Hicks [5]
6 2011 Oct 2 2:32:05 Jethro Lennox 2:53:36 Shona Crombie-Hicks [6]
5 2010 Oct 3 2:31:30 Jan Pichl 2:57:18 Claire Forbes
4 2009 Sep 27 2:33:29 Joseph Kibunja [7] 3:00:02 Claire Forbes [8]
3 2008 Oct 5 2:29:05 Andrew Hennessey [9] 2:58:44 Jo Gorrod
2 2007 Oct 7 2:36:45 Andrew Hennessey 3:04:11 Michelle Buckle [10]
1 2006 Sep 8 2:44:32 Garry Payne 3:03:48 Michelle Buckle [11]

See also

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References


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