Jersey Marathon

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

Not to be confused with the New Jersey Marathon.
Jersey Marathon
Participants run through the town in 2009.
DateSeptember or October
LocationJersey, Channel Islands
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon
Established2006
Course recordsMen: 2:18:13
Women: 2:44:33
Official sitewww.jersey-marathon.com

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
142019Oct 62:17:09Barnabas Kipyego2:45:45Edna Jeruto
132018Oct 72:19:34Dan Tanui2:48:46Khrystyna Bohomiahkova
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]
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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. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-08-01. Retrieved 2012-03-31.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. BBC. "Jersey Marathon 2007".
  11. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-08-01. Retrieved 2012-03-31.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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