Greater Manchester Marathon
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The Greater Manchester Marathon is a race due to be held on 29 April 2012 which starts and finishes at Longford Park in Stretford
. The course takes in Old Trafford football stadium, Lancashire County Cricket Ground and the Imperial War Museum. The event is the first marathon to have been run in the area since 2002.
was run in 1908 and started and finished at the Saracen's Head pub in Warburton, Trafford
although at this point the run was only 20 miles. The first marathon to be run over 26 miles and 385 yards was the race in 1909, it started in Sandbach
and finished at the Fallowfield Stadium
in Manchester. A marathon has been run along various routes in the Manchester area intermittently throughout the years with various start and finish points. The last marathon to be held in the city was in 2002 with the 10 km Great Manchester Run superseding it as the major running event in Manchester.
Stretford
Stretford is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, in Greater Manchester, England. Lying on flat ground between the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal, it is to the southwest of Manchester city centre, south-southwest of Salford and northeast of Altrincham...
. The course takes in Old Trafford football stadium, Lancashire County Cricket Ground and the Imperial War Museum. The event is the first marathon to have been run in the area since 2002.
History
The first marathon in ManchesterManchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
was run in 1908 and started and finished at the Saracen's Head pub in Warburton, Trafford
Trafford
The Metropolitan Borough of Trafford is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It has a population of 211,800, covers , and includes the towns of Altrincham, Partington, Sale, Stretford, and Urmston...
although at this point the run was only 20 miles. The first marathon to be run over 26 miles and 385 yards was the race in 1909, it started in Sandbach
Sandbach
Sandbach is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The civil parish contains four settlements; Sandbach itself, Elworth, Ettiley Heath and Wheelock....
and finished at the Fallowfield Stadium
Fallowfield Stadium
Fallowfield Stadium was an athletics stadium and velodrome in Fallowfield, Manchester, England. It opened in May 1892 as the home of Manchester Athletics Club after it was forced to move from its home next to Old Trafford Cricket Ground...
in Manchester. A marathon has been run along various routes in the Manchester area intermittently throughout the years with various start and finish points. The last marathon to be held in the city was in 2002 with the 10 km Great Manchester Run superseding it as the major running event in Manchester.