More than 1,000 runners braved grey skies and light drizzle for the event on Sunday 6 October, which started at Laverstock and Ford Sports Club (with parking kindly provided by Wyvern St Edmunds and St Andrews C of E schools), and ended at Kings’ School, Winchester, where friends and family cheered runners over the finishing line.
Tom Gray, from Wonston, and wearing a St Peter’s Pacers shirt, won the full marathon in three hours, three minutes and 21 seconds, while Neil Jennings took the half marathon in 1:30:53 and Jasper Burrows the five-mile race in 45:46.
Caroline Ralph was the fastest female in the marathon and Katya Khazaneh in the half-marathon. Bitcoin Runners picked up the trophy for the relay marathon.
Marathon winner Tom, who was placed third in the previous two years, said: “It was tough. Next year, I aim to complete it in under three hours.”
| Full Marathon | |
| Tom Gray | 3 hours 3 minutes 21 seconds |
| Half Marathon | |
| Neil Jennings | 1 hour 30 minutes 53 seconds |
| 5 Miles | |
| Jasper Burrows | 45 minutes 46 seconds |
| Relay Marathon | |
| Bitcoin Runners All Male | 2 hours 45 minutes 27 seconds |
The marathon sets off from Laverstock, through the Clarendon estate up to Pitton, and on to East Winterslow, looping round Winterslow and taking the Roman road to Broughton, where the half marathon starts.
Then it is off to Houghton, crossing over the river Test and on to Kings Somborne and up Farley Mount. The final stretch is then down through the woods and to the finish at King’s School, Winchester.
A retired Hampshire teacher proved age is just a number by running in the Clarendon Marathon to celebrate her 79th birthday.
Anne Roe, a member of Worthy Runners, completed the final 6.5-mile leg of the 26.2-mile cross-country relay race from Salisbury to Winchester. A regular at Winchester Park Run, Anne also runs with her club weekly and shows no signs of slowing down. She has already set her sights on participating in the Clarendon relay marathon again next year for her milestone 80th birthday.
Anne, from Kings Worthy, said: “It’s important to keep moving and not to stop as you get older. It doesn’t matter if you run, dance or swim – just keep moving. I know I’m fortunate to still be running as I have two sisters with osteoporosis.”
The Clarendon Marathon has raised hundreds of thousands of pounds for local charities over the years. Additionally, some runners raise money for causes close to their hearts by collecting their individual sponsorship money.
