Elite Race Director \u2013 James McIlroy BEM OLY said,<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe are delighted to have Clearer Water confirmed as our principal sponsor. One of our key objectives is to become the most sustainable running event in the World over the 8 -years and so the partnership with Clearer Water is a very good fit for what we are trying to achieve\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nRoss Lazaroo-Hood, Group CEO of The Clearer Group, \u201cWe are thrilled to see Clearer Water be the partner of choice for The Antrim Coast Half Marathon, which was also the backdrop of the HBO\u2019s Game of Thrones and its spin-off House of the Dragon, in addition to being the gateway to the Glens of Antrim, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and UNESCO world heritage site.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nOur management team including Sitki Gelmen, David Hunter, Joanna McFaul and myself are delighted to be working with the Founders James and Ruth McIlroy of the newly renamed \u201cClearer Water Antrim Coast Half Marathon\u201d. We will strive to continue their ethos and our own making a significant positive impact on the local communities, economy plus fabulous hospitality sectors across the island of Ireland. I am also proud to share that I will be joining the board of the Event. James and Ruth have built an inspiring Half Marathon in only 4 years, showcasing the next generation of runners here in Northern Ireland and across the globe\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n2023 Elite Race<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nThe 2023 event promises to be the greatest Men\u2019s race ever staged on the island of Ireland with 2-time winner and UK All comers record holder Jemal Yimer set to go head \u2013 to head with former World Junior Champion and Kenyan sensation Rodgers Kwemoi, both sub 59-minute runners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
UK All time No.2, Scotland\u2019s Callum Hawkins is set to return for a 2nd<\/sup> year along with Ireland\u2019s Kevin Seaward. <\/p>\n\n\n\nRace Director \u2013 James McIlroy said, \u2018we\u2019re absolutely delighted with how both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s races are shaping up. With teams from England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland and Nigeria already confirmed, and major announcements expected after the spring marathons, we\u2019re hopeful the 2023 event will be one of the stand out events on the World Athletics roster\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kid\u2019s Mile with Jo Pavey<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nThe Kid\u2019s run will see former European Champion and five-time Olympian Jo Pavey, along with former two-time World Cross Country Silver medallist and London Marathon winner Catherina McKiernan, launch the Kid\u2019s race and Street Mile. The Condor Executive Street Mile will only be \u00a35 for kid\u2019s to run with all participants receiving a tee shirt and medal with a chance to run with some legends of the sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Condor Executive Street Mile will see Ethiopian Sensation and World Junior Champion Ermias Girma, look to become the first person ever to run a sub-4-minute road mile on the island of Ireland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Antrim Coast Half Marathon have announced, via BBC NI, that it has secured one of the longest Sponsorships in road running history with an 8-year agreement with The Clearer Group. The agreement will see \u201cClearer Water\u201d become the principal sponsor, which will see it running through to and include the race\u2019s 10th year anniversary in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":258695,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clearerwater.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258694"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clearerwater.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clearerwater.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clearerwater.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clearerwater.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258694"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/clearerwater.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":258697,"href":"https:\/\/clearerwater.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258694\/revisions\/258697"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clearerwater.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clearerwater.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clearerwater.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clearerwater.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}