Marathon backers put up £12,000 prize fund

Organisers of The Plusnet Yorkshire Marathon have revealed that an impressive £12,000 prize pot is up for grabs at this October’s inaugural event.
By The Newsroom
Published 10th Sep 2013, 01:01 BST

It means the new marathon – which is completely sold out – will offer the highest level of prize money anywhere in the UK, outside of London.

The male and female winners will receive £2,500 each with £1,250 for second prize. There will be cash prizes for all top five places and others include a bonus of £500 for both the top male and female British finishers.

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With a remarkably flat and fast course through York and its picturesque countryside, The Plusnet Yorkshire Marathon is expected to be hotly-contested by athletes.

Plusnet Yorkshire Marathon event lead Lisa Ashcroft said: “Interest in The Plusnet Yorkshire Marathon has been unprecedented with all 6,100 places being snapped up in just days.

Entries have flooded in from across the UK, France, the Netherlands, Canada, the US and the Caribbean.

The marathon is part of the legacy of the late Yorkshire cancer fund-raiser and campaigner Jane Tomlinson

For more details go to www.theyorkshiremarathon.com

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