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)
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

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