The Sheffield Half Marathon is an annual half marathon held in Sheffield, England. It was started as a marathon in 1929 for two years, with a half marathon run at the same time. It restarted again 1946 after the Second World War. In 2003 it was reduced to a half marathon and 3-kilometre fun run. Moving from Hillsborough in 1991, the race started and finished at Don Valley Stadium, the stadium where Jessica Ennis trained, until the stadium's closure was announced in 2013.Sky News - Jessica Ennis makes appeal The race is gold graded by UK Athletics.
The 10 chosen charities for the 2009 event were Sheffield Teenage Cancer Trust, Motor Neurone Disease Association South Yorkshire, Macmillan Cancer Support, Myasthenia Gravis Association, RSPCA Sheffield, Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre South Yorkshire, Sheffield Wildlife Trust, Marie Curie Cancer Care, Sheffield Royal Society for the Blind and Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice.
The 2009 Sheffield Half Marathon was sponsored by SIG Insulations and took place on 26 April 2009 at Sheffield International Venues managed facility Don Valley Stadium at 9:30 am.
The 2010 Marathon was held 25 April.
The 2014 race, on 6 April, was due to start and finish at the Don Valley Stadium,Sheffield Star but was cancelled at the last minute due to the expected delivery of water bowsers not arriving. South Yorkshire Police initially set up roadblocks in order to try to stop those runners that had set off, but later decided to let them carry on for safety reasons. Despite the cancellation, organisers refused to refund runners, which one entrant described as "pretty disgusting". Deputy Prime Minister and Sheffield Hallam MP Nick Clegg called for a "full explanation" of how the "farcical situation" was allowed to happen.
From 2015, the race relocated to the city centre, with the starting point on Arundel Gate and the finish line on Pinstone Street. The route took runners up Ecclesall Road and out to Ringinglow, before returning through Dore and back down Ecclesall Road. It was re-branded as the Plusnet Yorkshire Half Marathon as part of the Run For All Yorkshire Marathon series. The new route features over 850 feet of elevation gain in the first 5 and a half miles, including a category 3 climb. In addition to the overall race time, runners are timed on a single-mile climb (King/Queen of the Hill) and a 10 km mostly downhill "sprint" section.
Recent winners Source:
Half Marathon
Year DateMen's winnerTime (h:m:s)Women's winnerTime (h:m:s) 2019 14 April Jamie Hall 1:11:16 Phillipa Williams 1:17:252018 8 April William Mycroft 1:11:12 Nicola Squiresr 1:19:212017 9 April Steven Bayton 1:09:25 Sarah Lowery 1:20:252016 10 April John Franklin 1:10:24 Zanthe Wray 1:22:592015 12 April Dave Archer 1:13:20 Sharon Barlow 1:22:592014 Cancelled2013 12 May Ben Fish 1:06:51 Julie Briscoe 1:16:172012 27 May John Franklin 1:10:31 Nicola Squires 1:21:222011 8 May Fergus Meade 1:11:32 Nicola Clay 1:21:172010 25 April Andrew Pearson 1:07:04 Natalie Burns 1:23:242009 26 April Jason Ward 1:08:02 Rebecca Robinson 1:14:522008 27 April Zachary Kihara 1:05:12 Nicola Clay 1:18:532007 20 May Simon Tonui 1:05:00 Banuelia Katesigwa 1:17:342006 14 May Tomas Abyu 1:04:05 Pauline Powell 1:17:472005 1 May Simon Tonui 1:04:46 Cathy Mutwa 1:15:312004 2 May Eric Kiplagat 1:04:50 Miriam Wangari 1:16:162003 William Musyoki 1:09.44 Yelena Burykena 1:22.202002 Mohamed el Sadicki 1:08.36 Penny Thackray 1:18.442001 Andrew Aked 1:09.57 Kate Rice 1:24.562000 16 April Mohammed Fahiti 1:07.11 Chaanah Patton 1:18.591999 Andrew Weatherill 1:07.40 Kate Burge 1:17.521998 Carl Thackery 1:06.03 Carol Wolstenholme 1:26.071997 Kassa Tadassa 1:05.45 Jane Shields 1:15.551996 Trevor Wilson 1:09.50 Carol Wild 1:25.291995 Tony Duffy 1:07.57 Jenny Pearson 1:26.231994 Tony Duffy 1:09.00 Deborah Shaw 1:25.031993 Peter Whitehead 1:05.17 Sally Eastall 1:16.371992 28 June Julius Gombedeza 1:04.36 Julia Sakare 1:18.041991 Not held due to 1991 World Student Games1990 John Tollerfield 1:07.28 Jane Shields 1:18.071989 Roy Bailey 1:08.15 Clare Crofts 1:24.521988 19 June Chris Parkes 1:07.40 Carol Moore 1:25.321987 Sam Carey 1:08.07 Sarah Singleton 1:24.081986 Roy Bailey 1:07.32 Jenny Pearson 1:22.231985 Tim Leader 1:08.30 Jenny Pearson 1:25.301984 Chris Maddocks 1:11.06 J Clarke 1:22.271983 Dave Allen D Bennett 1982 Trevor Fieldsend J Hulbert
Marathon
Year DateMen's winnerTime (h:m:s)Women's winnerTime (h:m:s)2003 1 June Tomas Abyu 2:27:42 Sarah Heatley 3:17:382002 28 April Darren Hale 2:34:17 Helen Burrell 2:55:232001 29 April Darren Hale 2:30:17 Ruth Whitehead 3:06:472000 Darren Hale 2:35:30 Sally Keigher 3:06:401999 Dennis Walmsley 2:29:06 Eleanor Robinson 2:59:391998 Richard Ironmonger 2:30:56 Elizabeth Allott 2:55:191997 Andrew Weatherill 2:28:37 Eleanor Robinson 2:58:131996 Chris Parkes 2:20:04 Eleanor Robinson 2:59:581995 Jonathan Hooper 2:27:14 Eleanor Robinson 2:58:441994 Dave Bond 2:29:31 Sarah Kriel 3:18:141993 John Boyes 2:24:36 Eleanor Robinson 2:58:231992 28 June Dave Bond 2:26:05 Janet Kelly 3:05:001991 Dave Bond 2:25:35 Caroline Boyd 2:55:051990 Ken Moss 2:26:16 Janet Kelly 2:49:051989 Trevor Hawes 2:31:53 Caroline Boyd 3:08:141988 19 June Trevor Hawes 2:26:01 Dora Hopkinson 3:04:521987 Trevor Hawes 2:26:29 Pat Hudson 3:04:331986 Sam Carey 2:26:09 Helene Diamantides 3:25:011985 Trevor Hawes 2:23:55 Dors Hopkinson 3:14:371984 Trevor Hawes 2:26:21 Dawn Harris 3:16:341983 Trevor Hawes 2:23:23 Dawn Harris 2:59:401982 Malcolm Martin 2:29:49 Jenny Pearson 3:01:41
References
External links Official site ARRS Marathon race series