2025 Early Bird MBNA Chester Marathon - 5th October 2025

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05 Oct 2025 09:00

2025 Early Bird MBNA Chester Marathon - 5th October 2025

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Training Runs & Plans

Training Runs

If you are interested in joining us at our scheduled 2025 training runs, the dates are below.

10K Training Runs 

5th Jan - up to 3 miles

2nd Feb - 4 miles

2nd March - 6 miles - 10am Start Time

Half Marathon Training Runs

5th Jan - up to 5 miles

2nd Feb - up to 7 miles

2nd March - up to 9 miles

13th April - 11 to 12 miles

11th May - 10 to 12.5 miles

Marathon & Metric Marathon Training Runs

8th June

13th July

3rd August

7th September

28th September

Why not come along and join us? We'll have a range of pace runner led groups and everybody is welcome. 

We usually meet at The Little Roodee Car Park* CH1 1SL ready to run at 10am, unless otherwise stated above. 
It's a traffic free route out and back along the river path. 

These free training runs give runners the opportunity to run with others and chat about their training, gaining valuable advice, tips and encouragement as we prepare for the MBNA Chester 10K in March, the Essar Chester Half Marathon in May and the MBNA Chester Marathon & Metric Marathon in October.  

Training plan
Our suggested training plan for the 2024 Essar Chester Half Marathon are: 

Marathon novice
Marathon improver
Metric marathon

Our 2025 training plans will be live in the new year.

*parking charges do apply here but there are lots of places to park nearby. 

 

Marathon novice
Marathon improver
Metric marathon
Marathon novice
Marathon improver
Metric marathon

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Race Record

The route is renowned for being fast and predominately flat – more than 70% of our runners achieve PBs!

Men

2:16:59
Marshall Smith in 2024

Women

2:40:26
Julie Briscoe in 2013

2024 Marathon Results

Men
1st Marshall Smith (Ashford AC) 2:16:59
2nd Joshua Griffiths (Swansea Harriers) 2:18:06
3rd Peter Le Grice (Bristol and West AC) 2:18:31
Women
1st Naomi Mitchell (Reading AC) 2:41:21
2nd Lianne Milner (Cheshire Dragons) 2:41:40
3rd Alice Johnson (Les Croupiers) 2:50:09
See all results

Volunteer

As with all such events, our events would not be possible without the help of a huge team of volunteers.

Find out more.