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Alsager's Home Runners get ready to compete in Sunday's Manchester marathon

Local News by Deborah Bowyer 17th Apr 2026  
Runners from Home Run at a warm-up in Alsager recently.  (Photo: Home Studio)
Runners from Home Run at a warm-up in Alsager recently. (Photo: Home Studio)

It's the Manchester Marathon this weekend and at least four members of an Alsager running community will be putting their best feet forward and taking part.

The Home Run, organised by Home Coffee & Studio and The Vault, hosts a five kilometre run every two weeks on a Sunday and a number of runners from the group are running the Manchester Marathon 2026. on Sunday (19 April).

This weekend, thousands of people will once again take to the city for the

The event, the UK's second largest marathon, has been taking place since 2012, and this year will see a record number of 42,000 participants take on the a 26.2 mile challenge.

Are you taking part? Attach your photographs to this post! Good luck to all runners.

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