Bolton Marathon director cancels event due to financial difficulty - and runners won't be getting their money back

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The director of Bolton Marathon says runners will not be refunded after cancelling the event due to financial difficulty. Race director Richard Smith confirmed participants will not get their money back in a statement posted to social media on Thursday (April 14).

He blamed the Covid pandemic for the cancellation. In a lengthy post on the marathon’s official Facebook page, he said: "To all runners, volunteers and supporters of the Bolton Marathon, “We launched the marathon in October 2019 and received an incredible response.

From runners wanting to take on a new and different challenge to community groups, schools and businesses wanting to get involved.

The launch of the event was the culmination of almost 2 years' work to set the Bolton Marathon aside from all other mass participation events, just like it did when it was the race to run back in the 1980s. READ MORE: Mum mocks 'bizarre' Zara model photoshoots with kitchen foil and trench coat in hilarious pictures “Everything we did was to ensure the Bolton Marathon would compete with the big races in the world, attract runners from around the world but importantly be a force for good within Bolton and the wider region.