Start time 11:00am (There will be no early start).

Closing Date: 1st October 2023 @ 23:59 No Refunds, Withdrawals or Transfers after the specified Closing Date

On-Line Entry link

On the day entries may be available (Cash only), subject to the race not selling out. On-Line entry is preferred.

Race Info:

Race Licence No. 2023-45179

Entry Fees: £22 Affiliated / £25 Unaffiliated (Plus a service charge)

Entry Fees (on the day): £25 Affiliated / £28 Unaffiliated

Entry limit: 200

Minimum age: 18 years

Numbers and timing chips will be issued at Registration on Race Day. If you are unable to run. Transfers, withdrawals and refunds are available via the entry portal. A Time Limit of 3hrs 10minutes at 15 miles will be enforced, this equates to a finish time of approximately 6hrs.

Venue and Registration:

Isle of Wight Community Club, Park Road Cowes, Isle of Wight, PO31 7NP. Changing and Shower facilities and bag storage available.

History:

The Isle of Wight Marathon celebrated it’s 60th Anniversary in 2016, so 2023 will be the 67th running of this historic race.

It has been run continuously since 1957, making it the longest running (and one of the first to be held) in the U.K.

The Isle of Wight Marathon is included in the Association of Road Racing Statisticians (ARRS) list of longest running marathons in the world. When the ARRS list was last updated in 2017, it was 25th in the world. Since the cancelation of lots of other marathons in 2020 & 2021, the Isle of Wight Marathon is probably now one of, or the longest running marathon in the UK, possibly the world. For details see ARRS and click on ‘Isle of Wight’ for the list of winners and times.

The inaugural event in 1957 was won by Ken Honney (Walton A.C.) in 2:35:51. In 1964 Dale Grieg (Paisley A.C.) set a women’s world record (recognised by ARRS) of 3:27:25, and was the first woman in the world to run under 3:30:00. In 1976 the race was officially opened to women with the inaugural event won by A Lewis (Bromsgrove & Redditch A.C.) in 3:21:06. In 1978 the race hosted the inaugural UK Women’s Marathon Championship.