Bath Half Marathon
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The Bath Half Marathon is an annual road running half marathon held in Bath, England. The has been held every year since 1981.
The race starts and finishes in Great Pulteney Street. It is a two lap route, with runners heading west out of the city centre along the Upper Bristol Road to Newbridge, then returning to central Bath along the Lower Bristol Road.
On 19 March 2006 almost 10,000 people entered the race, although just under 6,000 actually competed. The winner was Simon Kasimili of Kenya who completed the course in 1 hour 4 minutes.
16th March 2008 saw 15,000 people enter for the Bath half marathon, with 10,009 actually participating. After a delayed start of 1 hour due to bad weather, the winning position was taken by Raymond Tonui who ran it in 1:05:21 (gun time) 1:05:20 (chip time). 2008 race results are now available http://www.runninghigh.co.uk/site.aspx?i=re0
