Milton Keynes Marathon


The Milton Keynes Marathon is an annual road marathon and marathon relay event held in Milton Keynes, England on the Spring bank holiday, first held in 2012.

History

The inaugural event was held in April 2012 and attracted 4,400 runners.
The 2012 event was won by Team Mizuno runner Dave Mitchinson with a time of 2:41:54.
In 2013 a kids "Superhero Fun Run" was added to the schedule followed by a half marathon race in 2014 and a 5k "Rocket" race in 2016. The Rocket 5k is held on the preceding Sunday to the Bank Holiday Monday on which the marathon, half marathon, marathon relay and superhero fun run are held.
In 2018 the race weekend attracted 11,000 runners.
The 2020 edition of the race was postponed to 2020.09.06 due to the coronavirus pandemic, with all registrants given the option of either transferring their entry to another runner or to 2021 for free, running the race virtually, or obtaining a full refund.

Course

The start and finish of the event are based at the Stadium MK football stadium, home of Milton Keynes Dons F.C.
Much of the route of the marathon uses the Milton Keynes redway system through the linear parks and thus involves far less of the invariant-grade road running that is typical elsewhere.

Winners

Key: Course record

Marathon

Ed.DateMen's winnerTimeWomen's winnerTimeRf.
12012.04.29Dave Mitchinson2:41:54Yvette Grice3:00:35-
22013.05.06Edward Catmur2:46:59Andrea Green3:04:23-
32014.05.05Rick Lloyd2:43:25Sarah Hill3:00:21-
42015.05.04Jack Parslow2:37:30Kate Wright2:58:30-
52016.05.02Ben Fish2:31:14Kate Wright3:03:41-
62017.05.01Gareth Cooke2:40:08Asia Zmyslona2:57:37-
72018.05.07Denys Olefir2:37:43Colleen Mukuya2:57:58-
82019.05.06Michael Aldridge2:32:48Helen Mussen2:54:55-
92020.09.06Paul Parkins3:03:35Petra Gowans3:29:02-
102021.06.27Joshua Teece2:31:05Melissah Gibson2:52:44
112022.05.02Michael Young2:29:36Georgina Povall2:57:46-
122023.05.01Alan Darby2:30:30Sarah Hoskin2:53:56-
132024.05.06Tom Hollis2:37:18Amy Dixon3:03:04-

Half marathon

Ed.DateMen's winnerTimeWomen's winnerTimeRf.
12014.05.05Ismail Ssenyange1:08:38Jane Ovington1:23:01-
22015.05.04Marcus Engstrom1:15:27Sophie Carter1:18:59-
32016.05.02Steve Way1:09:53Sophie Carter1:25:29-
42017.05.01David Hudson1:14:16Rebecca Moore1:16:50-
52018.05.07Michael Aldridge1:13:02Johanna O'Regan1:25:33-
62019.05.06Jordan Clay1:10:57Rebecca Butler1:28:48-
72020.09.06Mark Brinsley1:33:06Susie Leggett1:38:18-
82021.06.26Steven Tuttle1:15:10Cordelia Parker1:24:36
92022.05.02Ayoub Saji1:11:28Elizabeth Nairn1:25:43-
102023.05.01David Brewis1:14:02Rose Penfold1:23:24-
112024.05.06Ugur Altan1:11:12Grace Tongue1:23:10-