Manchester Marathon 2021 Race Report

Last Sunday saw 24 Harriers take to the streets of Manchester in the marathon. Beautiful weather on a new and vastly improved course which does actually go into Manchester! There were some fantastic results, with six Harriers getting under 3 hours, easily the best performance of the local clubs. Three of us (Barry, Mark and Harry) were coming off the back of the London marathon last Sunday (not that unusual – there were numerous runners wearing the distinctive London shirt), but more notably, Matt Leech completed the Yorkshire Three Peaks race just the day before. Matt Lynas was 1st of 929 in his age category. With over 13,000 finishers, Manchester has cemented its position as the second biggest marathon in the UK.

Special mention of course to media-tart Harry Newton for running two marathons in a week, including being fastest British over-80 in London, beaten only by a Canadian.

Position                                                                Category

11                    Josh Barrow                                MSEN         02:33 PB

99                    Rob Whitby                                 MSEN         02:45 PB

164                  Nathanael Booker                       MSEN         02:49 PB

199                  Matt Lynas                                  MV50          02:51

304                  Richard Clarke-Williams            MSEN         02:55 1^st marathon

315                  David Chambers                         MV40          02:55 1^st marathon

982                  Ciaran Wright                              MSEN         03:10 1^st marathon

1706                Shaun Wilde                                MV55          03:23 1^st marathon

2877                Barry Dillon                                  MV40          03:38

3118                Graeme Eddie                             MV45          03:40

3926                James Williams                           MV45          03:49

4986                Matt Leech                                  MV50          03:58 1^st marathon

5810                Jennie Martin                              FV40           04:06 PB

6812                Mark Godden                              MV60          04:16

9271                David Newton                             MV55          04:41 PB

9900                Holly Nettle                                  FV40           04:49 1^st marathon

9901                Rob Maxwell                               MV50          04:49 1^st marathon

9996                Tim Mills                                      MV55          04:50

9999                Emma Lord                                 FV45           04:50 1^st marathon

10606              Wendy Boardman                       FV55           04:57

10707              Ian Humphreys                           MV55          04:58

10980              Oscar Trevena                            MSEN         05:02 1^st marathon

11608              Catherine Mather                        FV50           05:14 PB

13120              Harry Newton                              MV60          06:07

PB info from Power of 10, sorry if it’s wrong!

Report by Mark Godden