Andi Jones

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Andrew "Andi" Jones (born 10 October 1978, in Ashton-under-LyneNeil Shuttleworth, "Andi Jones Reflects, on Gravy Day", The Fellrunner, Autumn 2014, 24.) is an English athlete who specialises in road, cross country, and mountain/fell running, and has competed for England and Great Britain. In 2003, he finished fourth in the World Mountain Trophy in Alaska.{{cite web|url=http://www.runnerslife.co.uk/andi-jones/profile |title=Runnerslife: Andi Jones Profile |publisher=Runnerslife.co.uk |accessdate=2014-04-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413123441/http://www.runnerslife.co.uk/andi-jones/profile |archivedate=13 April 2014 }} Closer to home, he competes for Stockport Harriers.{{cite web|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/other-sport/andi-jones-wins-greater-manchester-6925751 |title=Andi Jones wins Greater Manchester Marathon |publisher=Manchester Evening News |date=2014-04-06 |accessdate=2014-04-12}} Although one of the UK's leading distance runners, Andi chooses to work full-time alongside his running career and was employed as head of Design and Technology at Falinge Park High School, Rochdale.{{cite web|url=http://www.falingepark.com/faculties/design-and-technology/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924010044/http://www.falingepark.com/faculties/design-and-technology/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2015-09-24 |title=Design and Technology | Falinge Park High School |publisher=Falingepark.com |accessdate=2014-04-12 }} In 2014, Jones emigrated to Qatar.{{Cite web|url=http://www.eightlane.org/qatar-andi-jones-training-blog/|title=wordpress-231953-953672.cloudwaysapps.com – Just another WordPress site}}

Andi became the first athlete for twelve years to retain the senior men's title at the 2007 English Northern Cross Country Championships at Heaton Park, Manchester. The last runner to win back-to-back crowns was Rossendale Harrier, Dave Lewis, in 1994 and 1995.

In July 2009, Jones became the first male to win the Snowdon Race four times in a row. He missed the 2010 Snowdon Race to concentrate on the European and Commonwealth Marathon Championships, but returned in 2011 to record a narrow win over Scottish athlete Murray Strain, and won for a sixth time in 2013. He finished tenth in the 2010 London Marathon, the second best performing European man after Andrew Lemoncello.Brown, Matthew (25 April 2010). [http://www.iaaf.org/LRR10/news/newsid=56560.html Commanding victories for Kebede and Shobukhova – London Marathon report]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-04-28.

Early in his career, Jones ran for East Cheshire Harriers, later moving to Salford Harriers and then to Stockport Harriers.

Jones has also worked at Falinge Park High school as a resistance material teacher.