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2012: Mick Hall Photos
The course is fast and relatively flat, the only hills being three motorway bridges in the second half of the race. If you are familiar with the race, the route is the same as recent years, with the finish on Birchwood Boulevard.
It begins close to Birchwood Railway Station and skirts the edge of Oakwood and Gorse Covert, before heading for Risley along Daten Avenue. It then goes along the rural lanes of Croft before returning to Birchwood via Locking Stumps Lane. Finally, you go back over the M6, continuing on footpaths for about a kilometre before returning to road to run to the finish at the end of Birchwood Boulevard.
To see the route in Google Maps, please click here.
Here is a route map with street names.


Thank you!
| Year | Male winner | Club | Time | Female winner | Club | Time | Finishers | Last finisher |
| 2013 | ||||||||
| 2012 | Tarus Elly | Salford Harriers & AC | 30:58 | Susan Partridge | Leeds City AC | 34:11 | 973 | 1:52:52 |
| 2011 | Nick Jones | Tipton Harriers | 31:35 | Rebecca Robinson | Kendal AC | 34:42 | 658 | 1:28:54 |
| 2010 | Ben Fish | Blackburn Harriers | 30:40 | Louise Gardner | Lancaster & Morecambe AC | 35:55 | 747 | 1:21:09 |
| 2009 | Mark Miles | Kendal AC | 30:00 | Rebecca Robinson | Kendal AC | 33:38 | 893 | 1:37:59 |
| 2008 | David Webb | Leeds City AC | 29:52 | Jenny Blizard | Rotherham AC | 34:56 | 722 | 1:37:31 |
| 2007 | Ian Fisher | Otley AC | 31:40 | Hayley Haining | Kilbarchan AAC | 32:59 | 813 | 1:19:59 |
| 2006 | Adam Sutton | Preston Harriers | 30:14 | Susan Partridge | City of Glasgow AC | 33:35 | 762 | 1:19:36 |
| 2005 | Zola Thembelani | Unattached | 29:53 | Hatti Dean | Radley AC | 36:04 | 938 | 1:34:42 |
| 2004 | Tomas Abyu | Salford Harriers & AC | 30:26 | Olivia Renshaw | Vale Royal AC | 35:49 | 858 | 1:16:52 |
| 2003 | Paul Howarth | Wirral AC | 31:17 | Helen Lawrence | Wirral AC | 34:02 | 686 | 1:12:15 |
| 2002 | Mike Proudlove | City of Stoke AC | 31:08 | Catherine Mutwa | Mizuno AC | 34:21 | 578 | 1:17:03 |
| 2001 | Gareth Raven | East Cheshire Harriers | 30:56 | Debbie Robinson | Sutton AC | 35:05 | 558 | 1:15:04 |
| 2000 | Neil Wilkinson | Salford Harriers & AC | 30:26 | Amy Waterlow | Sale Harriers Manchester | 34:15 | 579 | 1:17:20 |
| 1999 | Mark Morgan | Swansea Harriers | 29:34 | Amy Waterlow | Sale Harriers Manchester | 33:44 | 682 | 1:09:48 |
| 1998 | Nick Jones | Tipton Harriers | 30:40 | Sarah Bentley | Birchfield Harriers | 33:47 | 573 | 1:35:34 |
| 1997 | John Mutai | Bromsgrove & Redditch AC | 29:32 | Debbie Percival | Canterbury Harriers | 34:13 | 577 | |
| 1996 | Mike Proudlove | City of Stoke AC | 31:45 | Cecilia Greasley | Macclesfield Harriers AC | 36:22 | 447 | |
| 1995 | Kavin Smith | Sale Harriers Manchester | 31:30 | Lynn Maddison | Colwyn Bay AC | 36:32 | 418 | |
| 1994 | Adri Hartveld | City of Stoke AC | 30:47 | Helen Titterington | Leicester Corinthians | 34:40 | 563 | |
| 1993 | Paul Roden | Sale Harriers Manchester | 29:15 | Veronica Colleran | Ennis Track Club | 34:50 | 619 | |
| 1992 | Paul Roden | Sale Harriers Manchester | 29:14 | Lynn Maddison | Colwyn Bay AC | 36:54 | 524 | |
| 1991 | Neil Rimmer/Neil Smart | Sale Harriers Manchester | 30:04 | Suzanne Rigg | Warrington AC | 35:22 | ||
| 1990 | Joe Wycherley | BICC Helsby RC | 32:01 | Lynn Maddison | Colwyn Bay AC | 36:34 | ||
| 1989 | Gary Gerrard | Wigan Phoenix RC | 31:25 | A Felix | Wirral AC | 37:52 | ||
| 1988 | Andy Green | Warrington AC | 30:31 | Ann Pugh | Altrincham & District AC | 38:52 | ||
| 1987 | Tony Leonard | Salford Harriers & AC | 30:25 | Sharon Leonard | Sale Harriers | 36:17 | ||
| 1986 | Neil Rimmer | Sale Harriers | 30:14 | Sue Crehan | Sale Harriers | 34:09 | ||
| 1985 | Andy Green | Warrington AC | 29:59 | J Cooke | unattached | 37:35 | ||
| 1984 | Neil Rimmer | Warrington AC | 30:16 |
Course record holders are shown in italics.
The current course record is not the fastest race time as the course has changed several times since the race was first run.
| Year | Male team | Female team |
| 2013 | ||
| 2012 | Preston Harriers | Wilmslow RC |
| 2011 | Salford Harriers & AC | Wilmslow RC |
| 2010 | Hallamshire Harriers | Liverpool Harriers & AC |
| 2009 | Horwich RMI Harriers | Stainland Lions |
| 2008 | Liverpool RC | Salford Harriers & AC |
| 2007 | Liverpool RC | Macclesfield Harriers AC |
| 2006 | Preston Harriers | Wigan Phoenix RC |
| 2005 | Wilmslow RC | Macclesfield Harriers AC |
| 2004 | Stockport Harriers AC | North Fylde AC |
| 2003 | Warrington AC | Stockport Harriers & AC |
| 2002 | Altrincham & District AC | Penny Lane Striders |
| 2001 | Altrincham & District AC | Stockport Harriers & AC |
| 2000 | Salford Harriers & AC | Wigan Phoenix RC |
| 1999 | Bridgend AC | Sale Harriers Manchester |
| 1998 | Stockport Harriers AC | Wigan Phoenix RC |
| 1997 | Liverpool Harriers | Wigan Phoenix RC |
| 1996 | Altrincham & District AC | Manchester YMCA |
| 1995 | Warrington AC | Altrincham & District AC |
| 1994 | East Cheshire Harriers | Wilmslow RC |
| 1993 | Warrington AC | Stockport Harriers AC |
| 1992 | Warrington AC | Penny Lane Striders |
| 1991 | Warrington AC | Warrington AC |
| 1990 | Warrington AC | |
| 1989 | Middleton Harriers | |
| 1988 | Warrington AC | |
| 1987 | Warrington AC | |
| 1986 | Warrington AC | |
| 1985 | Warrington AC | |
| 1984 |