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The '''Bath Half Marathon''' is an annual [[road running]] [[half marathon]] held in [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]], [[England]]. The has been held every year since 1981. |
The '''Bath Half Marathon''' is an annual [[road running]] [[half marathon]] held in [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]], [[England]]. The has been held every year since 1981, normally on the second or third Sunday in March. It was up the year after the first London Marathon in 1980, it has remained a popular race for runners preparing for the London Marathon. |
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Raising over £1.2 million pounds in 2008 the Bath Half Marathon is one of the largest annual charity fundraising events in the southwest region. |
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The race starts and finishes in [[Great Pulteney Street]]. It is a two lap route, with runners heading west out of the city centre along the Upper Bristol Road to [[Newbridge, Bath|Newbridge]], then returning to central Bath along the Lower Bristol Road. |
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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 - 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 Upper Bristol Road, along Newbridge Road [[Newbridge, Bath|Newbridge]] and crossing the 'New Bridge' at the 'Twerton Fork' at the beginning of the dual carriageway. From here the race heads back eastbound 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. |
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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'. |
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The assembly area for the race is the Bath Recreation Ground. |
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The [[2009]] Bath half marathon was held on Sunday [[15th March]] [[2009]]. |
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Current course records : |
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2007 Tewodros Shiferaw (Kenya) 1:02:09 Male. |
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2007 Liz Yelling (Bedford UK) 1:09.27 Female. |
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The [[2009]] Bath Half Marathon was held on Sunday [[15th March]] [[2009]] with 10,700 finishers (15,000 entries), won by Simon Tonui (Kenya) in 1:03:09 and Joyce Kandia (Kenya) in 1:11:49. |
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| ⚫ | The [[2008]] Bath Half Marathon was held on Sunday [[16th March]] with 10,054 finishers (15,000 entries), won by Raymond Tonui (Kenya) in 1:05:21 and Roman Gebresse (Kenya) in 01:13:09.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.runninghigh.co.uk/site.aspx?i=pg18|title=Tonui wins Nationwide Bath Half Marathon|publisher=Running High|date=16 March 2008|accessdate=2008-09-23}}</ref> The 2008 Bath Half Marathon was the 3rd largest half marathon in the UK, after the Great North Run and Reading Half Marathon |
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The [[2007]] Bath half marathon was held on Sunday [[25th March]] [[2007]] with 8,165 finishers (12,500 entries), won by Tewodros Shiferaw (Kenya) 1:02:09 and Liz Yelling (Bedford) 1:09.27 - both in new course record times, Liz Yelling breaking a 13-year old record set by Andrea Wallace (Torbay) in 1993 (1:09.39) |
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| ⚫ | The [[2006]] Bath Half Marathon was held on Sunday [[19 March]] with 6,000 finishers (10,000 entries), won by Simon Kasimili of [[Kenya]] in 1:04:08.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.sportsystems.net/Results/ResultsBathHM06Prize.pdf|title=Bath Half Marathon 2006|publisher=Running High/Sports Systems|date=3 September 2007|accessdate=2009-03-15}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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*[http://www.bathhalf.co.uk/ Bath Half Marathon website] |
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[[Category:Half marathons]] |
[[Category:Half marathons]] |
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Revision as of 13:50, 12 May 2009
The Bath Half Marathon is an annual road running half marathon held in Bath, England. The has been held every year since 1981, normally on the second or third Sunday in March. It was up the year after the first London Marathon in 1980, it has remained a popular race for runners preparing for the London Marathon.
Raising over £1.2 million pounds in 2008 the Bath Half Marathon is one of the largest annual charity fundraising events in the southwest region.
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 - 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 Upper Bristol Road, along Newbridge Road Newbridge and crossing the 'New Bridge' at the 'Twerton Fork' at the beginning of the dual carriageway. From here the race heads back eastbound 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.
Current course records : 2007 Tewodros Shiferaw (Kenya) 1:02:09 Male. 2007 Liz Yelling (Bedford UK) 1:09.27 Female.
The 2009 Bath Half Marathon was held on Sunday 15th March 2009 with 10,700 finishers (15,000 entries), won by Simon Tonui (Kenya) in 1:03:09 and Joyce Kandia (Kenya) in 1:11:49.
The 2008 Bath Half Marathon was held on Sunday 16th March with 10,054 finishers (15,000 entries), won by Raymond Tonui (Kenya) in 1:05:21 and Roman Gebresse (Kenya) in 01:13:09.[1] The 2008 Bath Half Marathon was the 3rd largest half marathon in the UK, after the Great North Run and Reading Half Marathon
The 2007 Bath half marathon was held on Sunday 25th March 2007 with 8,165 finishers (12,500 entries), won by Tewodros Shiferaw (Kenya) 1:02:09 and Liz Yelling (Bedford) 1:09.27 - both in new course record times, Liz Yelling breaking a 13-year old record set by Andrea Wallace (Torbay) in 1993 (1:09.39)
The 2006 Bath Half Marathon was held on Sunday 19 March with 6,000 finishers (10,000 entries), won by Simon Kasimili of Kenya in 1:04:08.[2]
References
- ^ Tonui wins Nationwide Bath Half Marathon, Running High, 16 March 2008, retrieved 2008-09-23
- ^ Bath Half Marathon 2006 (PDF), Running High/Sports Systems, 3 September 2007, retrieved 2009-03-15