The Yorkshire Marathon, sponsored by the Asda Foundation, is an annual

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event held in

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, UK in October, first held in 2013, and organised by Run For All Events.

History

In the inaugural running of the event on 20 October 2013, over 3,800 runners finished the event. Hour-long race highlights produced by Dream Team Television were broadcast two weeks later by

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and were subsequently shown by other sports channels including

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and

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. The 2020 edition of the race was postponed to 2021 due to the

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, with all entries automatically transferred to 2021.

Course

The course starts the

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and continues around the City Centre and past York Minster before heading out on the Vale of York and then returning to the finish at the university.

Winners

Key: Course record Wheelchair race

Notes

References

External links

2013 Results

2013 Television Highlights
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