Sheffield Half Marathon


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. 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, 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 has 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 and a 10 km mostly downhill "sprint" section.

Recent winners

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Half Marathon

YearDateMen's winnerTime Women's winnerTime
201914 AprilJamie Hall1:11:16Phillipa Williams1:17:25
20188 AprilWilliam Mycroft1:11:12Nicola Squiresr1:19:21
20179 AprilSteven Bayton1:09:25Sarah Lowery1:20:25
201610 AprilJohn Franklin1:10:24Zanthe Wray1:22:59
201512 AprilDave Archer1:13:20Sharon Barlow1:22:59
2014Cancelled----
201312 MayBen Fish1:06:51Julie Briscoe1:16:17
201227 MayJohn Franklin1:10:31Nicola Squires1:21:22
20118 MayFergus Meade1:11:32Nicola Clay1:21:17
201025 AprilAndrew Pearson1:07:04Natalie Burns1:23:24
200926 AprilJason Ward1:08:02Rebecca Robinson1:14:52
200827 AprilZachary Kihara1:05:12Nicola Clay1:18:53
200720 MaySimon Tonui1:05:00Banuelia Katesigwa1:17:34
200614 MayTomas Abyu1:04:05Pauline Powell1:17:47
20051 MaySimon Tonui1:04:46Cathy Mutwa1:15:31
20042 MayEric Kiplagat1:04:50Miriam Wangari1:16:16
2003William Musyoki1:09.44Yelena Burykena1:22.20
2002Mohamed el Sadicki1:08.36Penny Thackray1:18.44
2001Andrew Aked1:09.57Kate Rice1:24.56
200016 AprilMohammed Fahiti1:07.11Chaanah Patton1:18.59
1999Andrew Weatherill1:07.40Kate Burge1:17.52
1998Carl Thackery1:06.03Carol Wolstenholme1:26.07
1997Kassa Tadassa1:05.45Jane Shields1:15.55
1996Trevor Wilson1:09.50Carol Wild1:25.29
1995Tony Duffy 1:07.57Jenny Pearson 1:26.23
1994Tony Duffy 1:09.00Deborah Shaw 1:25.03
1993 Peter Whitehead1:05.17Sally Eastall 1:16.37
199228 JuneJulius Gombedeza1:04.36Julia Sakare 1:18.04
1991Not held due to 1991 World Student Games----
1990John Tollerfield 1:07.28Jane Shields 1:18.07
1989Roy Bailey 1:08.15Clare Crofts 1:24.52
198819 JuneChris Parkes 1:07.40Carol Moore 1:25.32
1987Sam Carey 1:08.07Sarah Singleton 1:24.08
1986Roy Bailey 1:07.32Jenny Pearson 1:22.23
1985Tim Leader 1:08.30Jenny Pearson 1:25.30
1984Chris Maddocks 1:11.06J Clarke 1:22.27
1983Dave AllenD Bennett
1982Trevor FieldsendJ Hulbert

Marathon

YearDateMen's winnerTime Women's winnerTime
20031 JuneTomas Abyu2:27:42Sarah Heatley3:17:38
200228 AprilDarren Hale2:34:17Helen Burrell2:55:23
200129 AprilDarren Hale2:30:17Ruth Whitehead3:06:47
2000Darren Hale2:35:30Sally Keigher3:06:40
1999Dennis Walmsley2:29:06Eleanor Robinson2:59:39
1998Richard Ironmonger2:30:56Elizabeth Allott2:55:19
1997Andrew Weatherill2:28:37Eleanor Robinson2:58:13
1996Chris Parkes2:20:04Eleanor Robinson2:59:58
1995Jonathan Hooper2:27:14Eleanor Robinson2:58:44
1994Dave Bond2:29:31Sarah Kriel3:18:14
1993John Boyes2:24:36Eleanor Robinson2:58:23
199228 JuneDave Bond2:26:05Janet Kelly3:05:00
1991Dave Bond2:25:35Caroline Boyd2:55:05
1990Ken Moss2:26:16Janet Kelly2:49:05
1989Trevor Hawes2:31:53Caroline Boyd3:08:14
198819 JuneTrevor Hawes2:26:01Dora Hopkinson3:04:52
1987Trevor Hawes2:26:29Pat Hudson3:04:33
1986Sam Carey2:26:09Helene Diamantides3:25:01
1985Trevor Hawes2:23:55Dors Hopkinson3:14:37
1984Trevor Hawes2:26:21Dawn Harris3:16:34
1983Trevor Hawes2:23:23Dawn Harris2:59:40
1982Malcolm Martin2:29:49Jenny Pearson3:01:41