Bath Half Marathon
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Date | March |
Location | Bath, United Kingdom |
Event type | Road |
Distance | Half marathon |
Established | 1981 |
Course records |
Men's: 1:02:01 (2012) Edwin Kiptoo Women's: 1:09.27 (2007) Liz Yelling |
Official site |
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Participants | 11,693[1] |
The Bath Half Marathon (also known as the "BATHALF") is an annual road running half marathon held in Bath, England. It has been held every year since 1982, normally on the second or third Sunday in March. The race was first run in the year after the first London Marathon in 1981 and has remained a popular race for runners preparing for the London Marathon. The next race is scheduled for Sunday 17 March 2019.
It is the largest single day charity fundraising event in South West England, raising over £2.2 million for charity in 2016.[2][3]
Since 2000 the race has been organised by Bath-based Running High Events Ltd.
Course
The Bath Half is a fast flat course, straddling both sides of the River Avon. The race starts and finishes in Great Pulteney Street - with a roadway spanning 46 feet (14 m) - one of the widest Georgian boulevards in Europe. The first mile is gently downhill down Pulteney Road to Churchill Bridge, then following two identical laps from Churchill Bridge, rising up past Green Park station, round Queen Square, then down Charlotte Street and westbound out of the city centre along the A4 road (Upper Bristol Road and Newbridge Road) to Newbridge and crossing the 'New Bridge' at the 'Twerton Fork' at the beginning of the dual carriageway. From here the race heads back eastbound on the A36 road back towards the city centre, along Lower Bristol Road, before crossing over Churchill Bridge and up Green Park again for the beginning of the second lap. At the end of the second lap the runners pass across Churchill Bridge, finally rising up Pulteney Road to the finish back in Great Pulteney Street.
The course route is unchanged since minor modifications in 2006, the current course being close to the original course used in early years of the race. It was remeasured in 2006 by IAAF official course measurer Hugh Jones, describing the course as 'officially flat, with three undulations'. The assembly area for the race is the Bath Recreation Ground.
Results
Year | Competitors | Men's winner | Women's winner | ||||
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Athlete | Nationality | Time (h:m:s) | Athlete | Nationality | Time (h:m:s) | ||
1982 | Nigel Gates | 1:03:01 | Joyce Smith | 1:11.45 | |||
1983 | Nigel Gates | 1:04:24 | Annette Roberts | 1:15.35 | |||
1984 | Maurice Cowman | 1:04:13 | Priscilla Welch | 1:12.13 | |||
1985 | Steve Anders | 1:03:29 | Veronique Marot | 1:11.10 | |||
1986 | Steve Anders | 1:02:35 | Veronique Marot | 1:10.23 | |||
1987 | John Wheway | 1:03:02 | Veronique Marot | 1:11.53 | |||
1988 | John Wheway | 1:04:11 | Sally Ellis | 1:11.38 | |||
1989 | John Wheway | 1:04:26 | Bronwyn Cardy-Wise | 1:15.20 | |||
1990 | Steve Brace | 1:05:11 | Veronique Marot | 1:13.46 | |||
1991 | Chris Buckley | 1:04:41 | Karen MacLeod | 1:13.31 | |||
1992 | Colin Walker | 1:03:59 | Ann Roden | 1:15.26 | |||
1993 | Steve Brace | 1:04:05 | Andrea Wallace | 1:09.39 | |||
1994 | Chris Buckley | 1:03:44 | Hayley Nash | 1:13.15 | |||
1995 | David Taylor | 1:04:22 | Karen MacLeod | 1:14.17 | |||
1996 | Phil Makepeace | 1:05:15 | Hayley Nash | 1:16.10 | |||
1997 | Gareth Davies | 1:06:55 | Hayley Nash | 1:18.37 | |||
1998 | Stuart Hall | 1:06:52 | Melanie Ellis | 1:15.34 | |||
1999 | Tony Graham | 1:06:58 | Debbie Gunning | 1:18.36 | |||
2000 | Alan Sheppard | 1:05:48 | Helen Purdy | 1:15.55 | |||
2001 | Paul Green | 1:04:57 | Annie Emmerson | 1:11.13 | |||
2002 | William Musyoki | 1:04:14 | Jo Lodge | 1:14.01 | |||
2003 | Huw Lobb | 1:04:51 | Debbie Robinson | 1:11.57 | |||
2004 | Joseph Riri | 1:02:20 | Miriam Wangari | 1:14.37 | |||
2005 | Simon Tonui | 1:02:53 | Susan Partridge | 1:13.10 | |||
2006 | 6,000 | Simon Kasimili [4] | 1:04:08 | Cathy Mutwa [4] | 1:12:43 | ||
2007 | 8,165 | Tewodros Shiferaw | 1:02:09 | Liz Yelling | 1:09.27 | ||
2008 | 10,054 | Raymond Tonui | 1:05:21 | Roman Gebresse | 1:13:09 | ||
2009 | 10,700 | Simon Tonui | 1:03:09 | Joyce Kandia | 1:11:49 | ||
2010 | 10,800 | Ezekiel Cherop | 1:03:03 | Michelle Ross-Cope | 1:12:07 | ||
2011 | 12,000 | Edwin Kipkorir [5] | 1:04:00 | Edith Chelimo [5] | 1:11:25 | ||
2012 | Edwin Kiptoo | 1:02:01 | Jane Muia | 1:11:19 | |||
2013 | 12,000 | Tewodros Shiferaw [6][7] | 1:03:26 | Polline Wanjiru [6] | 1:10:28 | ||
2014 | 11,300 | Nicholas Kirui [8] | 1:03:13[9] | Perendis Lekapana [8] | 1:10:53[9] | ||
2015 | 11,693 | Paul Martelletti [1] | 1:05:27 | Emma Stepto [1] | 1:13:48 | ||
2016 | 11,352 | Robert Mbithi [10] | 1:01:45 | Lenah Jerotich [10] | 1:12:24 | ||
2017 | 12,748 [11] | Ben Fish | 1:05:16 | Ruth Barnes | 1:15:32 | ||
2018 | Cancelled due to snow[12] |
References
- 1 2 3 Bath Half 2015: Paul Martelletti is first British winner since 2003 after recording fourth half-marathon success in a month, Bath Chronicle, 1 March 2015, retrieved 12 March 2015
- ↑ "Bath Half Marathon". Bath Half. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- ↑ "Bath Half Marathon". Visit Bath. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- 1 2 Bath Half Marathon 2006, Running High/Sports Systems, 19 March 2006, retrieved 6 December 2014
- 1 2 "Thousands compete in 30th Bath half marathon". BBC Somerset. 6 March 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- 1 2 Ellis, Rachel (4 March 2013). "Runners Praise Best Ever Bath Half". Bath Half Marathon. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- ↑ Organisers say Bath Half Marathon 2013 is best ever, This is Bath, 3 March 2012, retrieved 7 March 2012
- 1 2 Ellis, Rachel (3 March 2014). "Record attendance and high spirits at the 2014 BATHALF". Bath Half Marathon. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- 1 2 "2014 results". Bath Half Marathon. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- 1 2 Ellis, Rachel (14 March 2016). "VITALITY BATH HALF MARATHON 2016 EVENT REVIEW: RUN-FAST ATHLETES ROBERT MBITHI AND LENAH JEROTICH CLAIM TITLES". Bath Half Marathon. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
- ↑ "More than 700 Bath Half runners left without medals". BBC Somerset. BBC. 13 March 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ↑ "Runners turn out for cancelled Bath Half Marathon". BBC Somerset. BBC. 4 March 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
External links
- Bath Half Marathon website
- Bath Half Marathon on the ARRS website