Greater than 32,000 runners will take to the streets of Manchester this weekend to cowl 26.2 miles on one of many flattest programs within the UK.
Main males’s contenders embody Adam Clarke, Charlie Hulson and Matthew Crehan.
Clarke is probably in the most effective present form having recorded a 61:54 over half the gap in Japan in February, whereas his marathon greatest is from Seville in 2022 the place he clocked 2:15:35.
Hulson’s greatest is 2:13:34 from the London elite marathon held in lockdown throughout 2020 however the former English Nationwide champion has raced sparingly throughout 2023 and 2024 to date.
Crehan, the 2021 Manchester winner, recorded 2:18:26 on that event and has already run 2:19:30 earlier this yr in Seville.
Within the girls’s area, Melissah Gibson and Georgie Bruinvels are main contenders.
Gibson is considerably of a prolific marathon racer, participating in 16 occasions throughout 2023 and two already this yr. She has a greatest of two:36:39 from the Seville race in February this yr.
Bruinvels completed third in Manchester within the 2023 race with 2:38:22.
The participant’s information may be discovered right here.
Manchester Marathon
Becoming a member of the sphere this yr will probably be Nice Britain’s most profitable feminine Olympian, Dame Laura Kenny. The six-time gold medallist will probably be taking to the streets on foot since not too long ago saying her retirement from observe biking.
On the day, the primary wave of elite wheelchair athletes will set off at 8:55am, adopted by elite runners at 9am. Following this, contributors will set off in 10-minute intervals, with the final wave at 11:10am.
As with earlier years, the route will begin and finish in Trafford. Contributors will set off beneath Trafford Arch at White Metropolis Circle, making their well past Previous Trafford earlier than heading to the town centre by way of Chorlton and Hulme.
After reaching the town centre, runners will then head in the direction of Stretford, passing by means of Sale earlier than turning off earlier than Timperley and reaching Altrincham at across the 16-mile mark.
The ultimate leg of the route will take runners by means of Chorlton-Cum-Hardy, with Talbot Street main the way in which to the end line.
Alongside the way in which, runners can count on to absorb a few of Manchester’s most iconic landmarks, from Bridgewater Corridor and Beetham Tower to the ‘Theatre of Goals’ itself, Previous Trafford.
Manchester marathon route map
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