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Edinburgh Marathon
DateMay
LocationEdinburgh and East Lothian, Scotland
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon, Half marathon, 10K, 5K
Established2003
Course recordsMen:
 Joel Kiptoo (KEN) 2:13:33
Women:
 Zinaida Semenova (RUS) 2:33:36
Official siteEdinburgh Marathon

The Edinburgh Marathon is an annual marathon event, governed by Scottish Athletics and run in Scotland over the traditional distance of 42.195 kilometres (26.219 mi). The first marathon event in Edinburgh was in 1982. Further marathons were held in Edinburgh in 1986 and 1999. Since 2003 the Edinburgh Marathon Festival has been held each year, usually in May. The current route begins in the city centre, moves out of Edinburgh into East Lothian, finishing at Musselburgh, East Lothian.

History

On 5 September 1982, the Edinburgh Festival Marathon was the first mass marathon event to be held in the city.[1] Starting in Holyrood Park and running through the Grassmarket and down Lothian Road, along Princes Street and down into Leith, along to Cramond and along the coast back through Silverknowes to Leith, up Easter Road and finishing in Meadowbank Stadium. The following year the race was called the Scotway Marathon and got off to an eventful start when a foolish fun-runner brought down the previous year's winner, breaking bones in the latter's hand. An Edinburgh Waverley Market Marathon was held on Sept 2nd 1984 with winner Lindsay Robertson in a then PB of 2:15:55. The Edinburgh Waverley Market Marathon again took place on Sept 1st 1985. Winner was M Carroll in 2:18:41. In 1986 it was called the Commonwealth Games People's Marathon and held in June, a month ahead of the Commonwealth Games.[2] In 1999 the PUMA Edinburgh Marathon was held, leaving from Dunfermline and finishing in Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh.[3]

The Edinburgh Marathon Festival was founded by Geoff Sims and the first year's event on 15 June 2003, attracted just 3,000 participants. The course started at Meadowbank Stadium, taking in Princes Street, Holyrood Palace and the Royal Yacht Britannia.[4] Frank McGowan from Glasgow won the men's race in 2.35 with the slowest man Lloyd Stott taking more than six days to complete the race wearing a deep sea diving suit weighing more than 100 pounds.

In 2007 organisers designed a new route, that headed into East Lothian through, Musselburgh, Prestonpans, Cockenzie, Port Seton to Gosford House, then back up to the finishing line at the playing fields at Pinkie St Peter's Primary School, Musselburgh. With an elevation drop of 40 metres, the average finish time was almost 12 minutes faster than previous year's Edinburgh earned its title of UK's fastest marathon. It was the first year that the event made a profit.[5] Road closures for the new route affected around 130 streets.[6]

In 2010, the half marathon was introduced for the first time with entry levels jumping to more than 24,000.

2011 was the first time the Edinburgh Marathon Festival was hosted over two days. As well as the full marathon, the festival also included a 5K, 10K, two junior races and a half marathon and a team relay race, affectionately named the "Hairy Haggis."

The 2020 edition of the race was postponed to 30 May 2021[a] due to the coronavirus pandemic, then again to 29 May 2022.[8]

Men's winners

YearAthleteNationalityTime
(h:m:s)		Notes
1982Dave Ellis United Kingdom2:21:09[1]
1983Lindsay Robertson United Kingdom2:21:36[9]
2003Graham Reilly United Kingdom2:16:21
2004Zachary Kihara Kenya2:21:45
2005Zachary Kihara Kenya2:15:26
2006Joseph Mbithi Kenya2:15:46P
2007Ian Grime United Kingdom2:31:57
2008Paul MacNamara Ireland2:25:05
2009Martin Williams United Kingdom2:18:24
2010Steve Littler United Kingdom2:26:31
2011Phil Nicholls United Kingdom2:19:21
2012John Mutai Kenya2:19:52
2013Tola Lema Ethiopia2:15:32[10]
2014David Toniok Kenya2:15:33
2015Peter Wanjiru Kenya2:19:36
2016Boaz Kiprono Kenya2:19:55[11]
2017Julius Korir Kenya2:17:13
2018Joel Kiptoo Kenya2:13:33Course record
2019Dan Tanui Kenya2:30:13
2020postponed to 2021 due to coronavirus pandemic[8]
2021postponed to 2022 due to coronavirus pandemic
2022Matt Gillette United States2:17:57
2023Alex Gladley United Kingdom2:21:34

Half Marathon

YearAthleteNationalityTime
(h:m:s)		Notes
2010Dave Webb United Kingdom1:04:45[12]
2011Andrew Douglas United Kingdom1:06:49
2012Michael Deason United States1:08:20
2013William Ryan Beattie United Kingdom1:09:30
2014Ross Houston United Kingdom1:07:16
2015Thomas Porter United States1:08:58
2016Darrell Hastie United Kingdom1:10:38
2017Pasquale-Roberto Rutigliano Italy1:09:39
2018Severino Gómez Spain1:10:37
2019Karl Darcy United Kingdom1:07:40
2020postponed to 2021 due to coronavirus pandemic[8]
2021postponed to 2022 due to coronavirus pandemic[8]

Women's winners

YearAthleteNationalityTime
(h:m:s)		Notes
1982Leslie Watson United Kingdom2:49:34[1]
1983Patricia Marshall United Kingdom[9]
2003Michaela McCallum United Kingdom2:48:06
2004Walentyna Poltawska Ukraine2:47:24
2005Zinaida Semenova Russia2:33:36Course record
2006Angela Howe United Kingdom2:51:41
2007Fiona Matheson United Kingdom2:54:43
2008Pauline Powell United Kingdom2:47:56
2009Holly Rush United Kingdom2:41:38
2010Sarah Gee United Kingdom2:38:16
2011Sarah Harris United Kingdom2:42:59
2012Nataliya Lehonkova Ukraine2:39:48
2013Risper Kimaiyo Kenya2:35:58
2014Kateryna Stetsenko Ukraine2:36:07
2015Joan Kigen Kenya2:39:42
2016Eddah Jepkosgei Kenya2:39:53[11]
2017Eddah Jepkosgei Kenya2:37:46
2018Caroline Jepchirchir Kenya2:47:35
2019Melanie Wilkins United Kingdom2:42:56
2020postponed to 2021 due to coronavirus pandemic[8]
2021postponed to 2022 due to coronavirus pandemic
2022Virginie Barrand France2:45:03
2023Jemima Farley United Kingdom2:39:39

Half Marathon

YearAthleteNationalityTime
(h:m:s)		Notes
2010Dianne Lauder United Kingdom1:16:59[12]
2011Becky Penty United Kingdom1:15:31
2012Gabriela Traña Costa Rica1:15:01
2013Dianne Lauder United Kingdom1:24:50
2014Gladys Ganiel Ireland1:17:26
2015Gemma Rankin United Kingdom1:17:21
2016Tracy Millmore United Kingdom1:18:41
2017Avril Mason United Kingdom1:19:49
2018Breege Connolly Ireland1:16:07
2019Molly Browne United Kingdom1:18:27
2020postponed to 2021 due to coronavirus pandemic[8]
2021postponed to 2022 due to coronavirus pandemic

Finisher statistics

Total of runners finishing the original marathon distance

YearMenWomenTotal
200320287542782
200421147382853
2005322711924419
2006292611704096
2007253810313587
2008452020926612
2009557026848254
2010664728129459
2011679729409737
2012542526388063
2013541427288142
2014580628098615
2015479623897185
2016427423226596

Criticism

For the 2014 race, the organisers sent competitors details of their individual times but initially did not publish the full results, only giving times for the top three in each category.[13] Within a few days, EMF events issued an apology via their website and published the full results.[14]

Notes

  1. ^ It was first postponed on 2020.03.16 to 2020.09.06.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Marathon protest by pro runners". The Glasgow Herald. 6 September 1982. p. 18. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  2. ^ Douglas, Derek (31 January 1986). "Marathon gets a new start". The Glasgow Herald. p. 5. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Race future in balance already". The Herald. 27 September 1999. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  4. ^ "The race that just seems to run and run". The Scotsman. 13 June 2003. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  5. ^ "Edinburgh Marathon boss tells of his journey to the big day". The Scotsman. 29 May 2009. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  6. ^ "Edinburgh Marathon build-up - and road closures guide". The Scotsman. 23 May 2008. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Twitter". mobile.twitter.com.
  8. ^ a b c d e f "Home | Edinburgh Marathon Festival - 29/30th May 2021". 20 June 2020. Archived from the original on 20 June 2020.
  9. ^ a b Cusick, James (5 September 1983). "Police gear up for Glasgow marathon". p. 3. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  10. ^ Minshull, Phil (2013-05-26). Lema and Kimaiyo take the honours at the Edinburgh Marathon. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-05-31.
  11. ^ a b Woods, Mark (30 May 2016). "Kenyan dominance of Edinburgh marathon continues". The Herald. Glasgow. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  12. ^ a b "Scottish Half Marathon, Edinburgh, 23 May 2010". RunBritain Rankings. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  13. ^ Pendreigh, Brian; Munro, Alistair (27 May 2014). "Edinburgh Marathon slammed for withholding results". The Scotsman. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  14. ^ Christie, Kevan (3 June 2014). "Edinburgh Marathon bosses run out of excuses". The Scotsman. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_Marathon
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