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Opportunity to Represent Wales v England at the Adidas Manchester Marathon
19/10/2025 00:00, I Mewn Blog /
SUNDAY 19 April 2026
Building on the success of the last few years, Welsh Athletics have got an exciting programme of Master Internationals for 2026, not least will be the Marathon International, which is being incorporated into the Adidas Manchester Marathon on Sunday 19 April 2026.
Over the past four years, the marathon international has always been an autumn marathon but this new and exciting partnership with the Adidas Manchester Marathon has given us the opportunity to not only hold it within the spring marathon season, but also to be part of a big city marathon.
The Adidas Manchester Marathon is already sold out, BUT they have reserved spaces especially for the England and Wales Masters Teams so if selected you are guaranteed a spot. If you have already entered Adidas Manchester Marathon and are selected for Wales, it will also be easy to ensure you are transferred to the Masters international.
Athletes have to be eligible to compete for Wales and registered athletes in Wales. It is expected that all athletes competing for Wales would take part in at least one Welsh Championship in the preceding or current year.
Teams of up to 6 male and 6 female athletes will be selected in FIVE year age groups from 35 to 75+.
Athlete are expected to pay their own race entry fees, make and fund their own travel and accommodation arrangements for Manchester. All athletes representing Wales for the first time are entitled to a free Welsh vest and are entitled to purchase a kit package.
PLEASE only express an interest if you are available on the date of the event. Whilst we accept athletes get injured between expressing an interest and selection, we have had a number of late withdrawals due to change of availability. This often results in others missing out on an opportunity. The MINIMUM standards for the marathon are:
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35-39 |
40-44 |
45-49 |
50-54 |
55-59 |
60-64 |
65-69 |
70-74 |
75+ |
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MARATHON |
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Men |
2-45 |
2-50 |
3-00 |
3-10 |
3-20 |
3-40 |
4-00 |
4-15 |
4-30 |
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Women |
3-20 |
3-30 |
3-40 |
3-50 |
4-00 |
4-15 |
4-30 |
5-15 |
5-30 |
We will be considering marathon performances over the past 15 months when determining the teams. Teams will be selected on 18 December 2025 and successful athletes informed as quickly as possible afterwards.
If you are interested, please complete the Expression of Interest Form via the following link:
https://forms.office.com/e/7cVQMdA7am or QR code:
Further Details are available from Bernie Jones at Bernie-jones@sky.com or 07919043117