Brighton Half Marathon Explained

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Date:February
Location:Brighton
Type:Road
Distance:Half marathon
Record:1:04:53 (men)
1:14:27 (women)

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.

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.[1]

On 31 March 2017 it was announced that the course used for the 2015–2017 races was 146m (479feet) short of the full distance and that the times of the runners in the three races are likely to be expunged from official records.[2] [3] This came after the organisers had previously apologised for the course being 0.32 miles too long in 2012.[4]

Recent winners

Key:

EditionYearDateMen's winnerTime (h:m:s)Women's winnerTime (h:m:s)
5th19951:07:27
6th19961:09:081:19:19
7th19971:11:271:20:53
8th19981:09:501:19:57
9th19991:09:591:20:11
10th200027 February1:11:151:18:42
11th200125 February1:10:031:21:06
12th200224 February1:11:421:23:35
13th200323 February1:11:381:22:26
14th200422 Februaryalign=center 1:10:33align=center 1:24:11
15th200520 Februaryalign=center 1:11:391:23:01
16th200619 February1:12:271:23:33
17th200718 February1:08:331:21:38
18th200817 February1:11:171:18:33
19th200922 February1:10:191:21:31
20th201021 February1:06:59align=center 1:23:40
21st201120 February1:06:22align=center 1:20:58
22nd201218 February1:10:231:21:44
23rd201317 February1:07:30align=center 1:18:06
24th201416 February1:05:52align=center 1:18:13
25th201522 Februaryalign=center 1:05:48align=center 1:18:23
26th201628 Februaryalign=center bgcolor=#A9F5A91:04:53align=center 1:15:52
27th201726 Februaryalign=center 1:08:37align=center bgcolor=#A9F5A91:14:27
28th201825 Februaryalign=center 1:06:571:19:00
29th201924 Februaryalign=center 1:04:561:20:26
2020 No Event
30th202110 Octoberalign=center 1:08:101:22:25

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Osborne . Paul . 2014-05-21 . Olympic champion Ennis-Hill launches new Vitality Run Series . 2024-05-15 . www.insidethegames.biz.
  2. News: Forget your PB: Brighton Half Marathon organisers admit course is 146m too short . . 31 March 2017 . 31 March 2017.
  3. News: Brighton Half Marathon: Data reveals course is 146m short. BBC News. 12 April 2017.
  4. News: Brighton half marathon course 'too long'. BBC News. 21 February 2012 . 12 April 2017.