Brighton Half Marathon

Summary

The Brighton Half Marathon is an annual half marathon road running race. The race is run primarily along Brighton seafront and passes through famous landmarks such as the Royal Pavilion, Brighton Pier, West Pier and Brighton Marina.

Brighton Half Marathon
DateFebruary
LocationBrighton
Event typeRoad
DistanceHalf marathon
Established1990; 34 years ago (1990)
Course records1:04:53 (men)
1:14:27 (women)
Official sitebrightonhalfmarathon.com

In 2014 the Brighton Half Marathon was named as one of eight events in the Vitality Run Series alongside the Liverpool Half Marathon, Reading Half Marathon, Oxford Half Marathon, Bath Half Marathon, North London Half Marathon, Hackney Half Marathon and British 10k London Run.

On 31 March 2017 it was announced that the course used for the 2015–2017 races was 146 metres (0.09 mi) short of the full distance and that the times of the runners in the three races are likely to be expunged from official records.[1] [2] This came after the organisers had previously apologised for the course being 0.32 miles too long in 2012.[3]

Recent winners edit

Key:   Course record

Edition Year Date Men's winner Time (h:m:s) Women's winner Time (h:m:s)
5th 1995   Simon Ratner (GBR) 1:07:27   Libby Jones (GBR)
6th 1996   Geoff Hill (GBR) 1:09:08   Janice Moorekite (GBR) 1:19:19
7th 1997   Kurt Hoyte (GBR) 1:11:27   Jane Boulton (GBR) 1:20:53
8th 1998   Leigh Beard (GBR) 1:09:50   Julia Cornford (GBR) 1:19:57
9th 1999   Richard Szade (GBR) 1:09:59   Julie Briggs (GBR) 1:20:11
10th 2000 27 February   Sam Kigo (GBR) 1:11:15   Shona Crombie (GBR) 1:18:42
11th 2001 25 February   Neville Adams (GBR) 1:10:03   Judy Oakley (GBR) 1:21:06
12th 2002 24 February   Patrick Davoren (GBR) 1:11:42   Juliette Clark (GBR) 1:23:35
13th 2003 23 February   Neville Adams (GBR) 1:11:38   Samantha Baines (GBR) 1:22:26
14th 2004 22 February   James Baker (GBR)[4] 1:10:33   Linda Murdoch (GBR) [5] 1:24:11
15th 2005 20 February   Ross Grant (GBR)[6] 1:11:39   Chris Naylor (GBR)[7] 1:23:01
16th 2006 19 February   Robbie James (GBR)[8] 1:12:27   Renata Antropik (POL) 1:23:33
17th 2007 18 February   James Baker (GBR) 1:08:33   Gill Wheeler (GBR) 1:21:38
18th 2008 17 February   Dave Carter (GBR) 1:11:17   Naomi Warner (GBR) 1:18:33
19th 2009 22 February   James Baker (GBR) 1:10:19   Loretta Sollars (GBR)[9] 1:21:31
20th 2010 21 February   David Wardle (GBR) 1:06:59   Fiona Powell (GBR) 1:23:40
21st 2011 20 February   David Wardle (GBR) 1:06:22   Fiona Powell (GBR) 1:20:58
22nd 2012 18 February   Matthew Dumigan (GBR) 1:10:23   Fiona Powell (GBR) 1:21:44
23rd 2013 17 February   Paul Martelletti (GBR) 1:07:30   Emma Taylor-Gooby (GBR) 1:18:06
24th 2014 16 February   Paul Martelletti (GBR) 1:05:52   Sarah Hill (GBR) 1:18:13
25th 2015 22 February   Paul Martelletti (GBR) 1:05:48   Julia Davis (GBR) 1:18:23
26th 2016 28 February   Paul Martelletti (GBR) 1:04:53   Leigh Lattimore (GBR) 1:15:52
27th 2017 26 February   Jonathan Tipper (GBR) 1:08:37   Eleanor Davis (GBR) 1:14:27
28th 2018 25 February   Paul Pollock (IRL) 1:06:57   Izzy Coomber (GBR) 1:19:00
29th 2019 24 February   Paul Navesey (GBR) 1:04:56   Fiona de Mauny (GBR) 1:20:26
2020 No Event
30th 2021 10 October   Paul Navesey (GBR) 1:08:10   Bobby Searle (GBR) 1:22:25

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Forget your PB: Brighton Half Marathon organisers admit course is 146m too short". The Daily Telegraph. 31 March 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Brighton Half Marathon: Data reveals course is 146m short". BBC News. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Brighton half marathon course 'too long'". BBC News. 21 February 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  4. ^ James Baker at Power of 10
  5. ^ Linda Murdoch at Power of 10
  6. ^ Ross Grant at Power of 10
  7. ^ Chris Naylor at Power of 10
  8. ^ Robbie James at Power of 10
  9. ^ Loretta Sollars at Power of 10

External links edit

  • Official website