{"id":1139,"date":"2019-08-13T16:54:33","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T16:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skinnersfarm.co.uk\/?p=1139"},"modified":"2019-08-13T16:54:33","modified_gmt":"2019-08-13T16:54:33","slug":"isle-of-wight-event-is-the-longest-continuously-run-marathon-in-the-uk-63rd-race-takes-place-on-6th-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elegant-ishizaka.185-132-39-135.plesk.page\/?p=1139","title":{"rendered":"Isle of Wight event is the longest continuously run marathon in the UK &#8211; 63rd race takes place on 6th October"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span>The Isle of Wight Marathon celebrated it\u2019s 60th Anniversary in 2016, so 2019 will be the 63rd running of this historic race.<\/span><br \/><span>It has been run continuously since 1957, making it the longest running (and one of the first to be held) in the U.K.<\/span><br \/><span>The inaugural event in 1957 was won by Ken Honney (Walton A.C.) in 2:35:51.<\/span><br \/><span>In 1964 Dale Grieg (Paisley A.C.) set a women\u2019s world record (recognised by ARRS) of 3:27:25. Read the newspaper story of her achievement - how times have changed!<\/span><br \/><span>In 1976 the race was officially opened to women with the inaugural event won by A Lewis (Bromsgrove &amp; Redditch A.C.) in 3:21:06.\u00a0In 1978 the race hosted the inaugural UK Women\u2019s Marathon Championship.<\/span><br \/><span>If you have an interest in the history a fully searchable \/ sortable database of all results since 1957 is available here:\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rydeharriers.co.uk\/results\/marathon-results\/\">Search Results.<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/skinnersfarm.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/bonnie-lass.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_1\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/skinnersfarm.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/isleofwightmarathonwinners2018.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_1  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>In 2018 local boy, Gary Marshal surprised everybody by winning in his first ever marathon<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1137,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elegant-ishizaka.185-132-39-135.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elegant-ishizaka.185-132-39-135.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elegant-ishizaka.185-132-39-135.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elegant-ishizaka.185-132-39-135.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elegant-ishizaka.185-132-39-135.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/elegant-ishizaka.185-132-39-135.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1139\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elegant-ishizaka.185-132-39-135.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elegant-ishizaka.185-132-39-135.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elegant-ishizaka.185-132-39-135.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elegant-ishizaka.185-132-39-135.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}