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 was 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, Saint 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
122017Oct 12:22:32Hillary Chirchir2:57:28Ulrike Maisch
112016Oct 22:19:55Christopher Zablocki3:01:48Nollaigh O'Neill
102015Oct 42:18:13Aleksey Troshkin2:48:25Hilda Cheboi
92014Oct 52:18:32Aleksey Troshkin2:47:48Getenesh Tamirat
82013Oct 62:24:23Reuben Chumba2:44:33Svetlana Pretot
72012Oct 72:24:43Tomas Abyu2:53:36Shona Crombie-Hicks [5]
62011Oct 22:32:05Jethro Lennox2:53:36Shona Crombie-Hicks [6]
52010Oct 32:31:30Jan Pichl2:57:18Claire Forbes
42009Sep 272:33:29Joseph Kibunja [7]3:00:02Claire Forbes [8]
32008Oct 52:29:05Andrew Hennessey [9]2:58:44Jo Gorrod
22007Oct 72:36:45Andrew Hennessey3:04:11Michelle Buckle [10]
12006Sep 82:44:32Garry Payne3:03:48Michelle Buckle [11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ BBC. "Jersey Marathon 2006".
  2. ↑ "Bigger prizes for Jersey marathon". 28 March 2012 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  3. ↑ "Press release" (PDF). www.jersey-marathon.com. 2011.
  4. ↑ "Map" (PDF). www.jersey-marathon.com. 2015.
  5. ↑ "Marathon Day in pictures". jerseyeveningpost.com.
  6. ↑ "Shona Crombie-Hicks smashes Jersey Marathon record". 2 October 2011 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  7. ↑ "Kibunja wins 2009 Jersey Marathon". 27 September 2009 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  8. ↑ "thisisjersey.com". www.thisisjersey.com.
  9. ↑ "{title}". Archived from the original on 2018-08-01. Retrieved 2012-03-31.
  10. ↑ BBC. "Jersey Marathon 2007".
  11. ↑ "{title}". Archived from the original on 2018-08-01. Retrieved 2012-03-31.


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