Lake Vyrnwy Half Marathon

Lake Vyrnwy Half Marathon
DateSeptember
LocationLake Vyrnwy, Wales
Event typeRoad
DistanceHalf Marathon
Established1988; 37 years ago (1988)
Course records1:02:14 (men)
1:12:05 (women)
Official sitelakevyrnwyhalfmarathon.com

The Lake Vyrnwy Half Marathon is an annual half marathon Welsh road running event which takes place around Lake Vyrnwy each September.

History

St Wddyn's church, Llanwddyn. This church was built at the time of construction of Lake Vyrnwy reservoir.

The first Lake Vyrnwy Half Marathon was held in 1988 in aid of the St Wddyn's Church Restoration Fund .[1] An appeal to raise money towards the church roof had been placed in a local newspaper and Doug Morris, of the Oswestry Olympians, offered to organise a half marathon for the appeal .[2] The race has been run annually until 2008 when after Doug Morris' death, just before the 2007 edition,[3] the race organisers took a year off before restarting in 2009.

Course

The race consists of just over one lap of the lake.

Winners

Edition Year Date Men's winner Time (h:m:s) Women's winner Time (h:m:s)
31st 2019 8 Sep Jonathan Mellor 1:04:36 Alison Lavender 1:17:58
30th 2018 9 Sep Stuart Hawkes 1:06:44 Clara Evans 1:17:59
29th 2017 10 Sep Jonathan Mellor 1:04:57 Elizabeth Renondeau 1:21:17
28th 2016 11 Sep Ryan Holroyd 1:07:59 Rachel Jones 1:20:32
27th 2015 13 Sep Ben Fish[4] 1:07:53 Kelly Crickmore 1:17:12
26th 2014 14 Sep Alex O'Gorman 1:08:35 Alison Lavender 1:17:00
25th 2013 15 Sep Ben Fish[4] 1:08:05 Claire Martin[5] 1:19:34
24th 2012 9 Sep Ben Fish[4] 1:06:50 Alison Lavender 1:20:02
23rd 2011 11 Sep Ben Fish[4] 1:07:43 Claire Martin[5] 1:18:53
22nd 2010 12 Sep John McCole 1:08:52 Jenny Clague 1:20:53
21st 2009 13 Sep Ben Fish[4] 1:06:55 Claire Martin[5] 1:18:53
2008 No Race
20th 2007 9 Sep Paul Sankey 1:11:28 Jenny Clague 1:15:43
19th 2006 10 Sep Marc Yattich 1:05:31 Cathy Mutwa[6] 1:12:43
18th 2005 11 Sep Wilfred Taragon 1:02:14 Ogla Kimaiyo 1:12:05
17th 2004 19 Sep Zachary Kihara 1:04:44 Cathy Mutwa[6] 1:15:53
16th 2003 14 Sep Onesmus Kilonzo 1:03:04 Pauline Wangui 1:15:00
15th 2002 15 Sep Eric Kiplagat 1:06:41 Louise Watson 1:17:30
14th 2001 16 Sep Larry Mathews 1:05:08 Amanda Allen 1:12:43
13th 2000 Nick Jones 1:03:12 Amanda Wright-Allen 1:18:23
12th 1999 Ian Pierce and Tony Graham 1:06:58 Bronwen Cardy-Wise 1:18.34
11th 1998 Joseph Kioo Mitunda 1:04.55 Cath Charnock 1:17.57
10th 1997 Dale Loughlin 1:04.06 Lesley Turner 1:17.48
9th 1996 Tony Graham 1:06.58 Tracy Swindell 1:18.04
8th 1995 Tony O'Brien 1:05.54 Lesley Turner 1:17.07
7th 1994 Steve Brace 1:05.39 Janice Moorekite 1:17.07
6th 1993 Andrew Green 1:04.55 Lesley Turner 1:15.40
5th 1992 Dave Gratton 1:06.00 Bronwen Cardy-Wise 1:15.40
4th 1991 Paul Campbell 1:07.58 Bronwen Cardy-Wise 1:16.45
3rd 1990 Andrew Green 1:04.34 Amanda Wright 1:17.29
2nd 1989 Andrew Green 1:04.16 Janet Witter 1:24.21
1st 1988 Andrew Green 1:07.58 Frances Mudway 1:22.35

See also

References

  1. ^ "LAKE VYRNWY HALF MARATHON - History". LAKE VYRNWY HALF MARATHON. LAKE VYRNWY HALF MARATHON. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Memorial to Doug Morris". Mercia Fell Runners. Mercia Fell Runners. 13 June 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  3. ^ North Wales Daily Post (13 August 2007). "'Unsung' sports hero dies". Daily Post. Daily Post. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d e Ben Fish at Power of 10
  5. ^ a b c Claire Martin at Power of 10
  6. ^ a b Cathy Mutwa at Power of 10