Carver Wolverhampton City Marathon 2009

West Park and the streets of the city will play host to the 2009 Wolverhampton City Marathon events on Sunday 6 September.

Originally held in 1982 and then resurrected as an annual event from 1998, the Carver Wolverhampton City Marathon Events attract thousands of runners, cyclists and disabled athletes.

A cycle event including wheelchairs, half marathon , relay team event and childrens mini marathon are also being held along with the full marathon event on Sunday 6 September 2009 starting and finishing at West Park, Wolverhampton.

2009 is the first time the event will use chip timing.

Event timetable

The Marathon events include :

• 15k Wheelchair event starting at 9.00am
• 15k Cycle Event starting at 9.05am
• Half Marathon Relay Challenge (5 team members each running approx 2.5 miles) starting at 9.10am
• Full Marathon (26.2 miles) and Half Marathon (13.1 miles) starting at 9.15am

All events start and finish from West Park, Wolverhampton.

Entry forms

To download a marathon event entry form, click on the PDF icon below:

Please complete and return with payment to :

Marathon Office
Carver (Wolverhampton) Ltd
Littles Lane
Wolverhampton
WV1 1JY

Participants can also enter online via the Runner's World website.

Please note that the closing date for postal entries is Saturday 29 August 2009.

Deadline for relay challenge is Saturday 29 August, strictly no entries will be taken over race weekend.

Route map and road guides

Routes are yet to be confirmed and will be placed here once available.

Charities

This year’s chosen charities are :

Diabetes UK West Midlands

Mayoral Charity Fund

Alzheimers Society- Wolverhampton Branch

Promise Dreams

Sponsors

Adoption Black Country

Banks's

BBC WM

BDO Stoy Hayward

Birmingham Midshires

Brindley Garages Group

Carillion - Highway Maintenance

Carvers Building Supplies 

Greggs

Highland Spring  

Raynet – Radio Amateurs’ Emergency Network 

Ron Flowers Sports

Simlex

St. John Ambulance - West Midlands

Tarmac

West Midlands Police

Wolverhampton City Council 

Wolverhampton Swimming and Fitness Centre

Wolverhampton Wanderers FC

107.7 The Wolf 

Further information

For further race information visit the Wolverhampton City Marathon website or contact the Marathon office on 01902 577000.