Brighton Marathon
Brighton Marathon | |
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2018 finishers' medal | |
Location | Brighton, United Kingdom |
Event type | Road |
Distance | Marathon |
Established | 2010 |
Course records |
Men: 2:09:25 (William Chebor, 2014) Women: 2:28:50 (Eunice Kales, 2013) |
Official site | Brightonmarathon.co.uk |
The Brighton Marathon is a long-distance running event held annually in Brighton, England. The event was first run on 18 April 2010 and has been held in April every year since.[1] The inaugural Brighton Marathon was set up by former international athlete Tim Hutchings and local athlete Tom Naylor.[2].
The most recent event, the 2018 Brighton Marathon, took place on 15 April 2018.[3] The next event will take place on 14 April 2019.[4]
Race history
The first running of the race took place on 18 April 2010. The race opened to 12,000 entries, with 7,589 participating on race day. The course start line was at Preston Park. The route took in some of the sights of central Brighton before heading East towards Rottingdean. The race then headed west out to and around Hove, before returning on the seafront and finishing on Madeira Drive, close to Brighton Pier.
In Year 2 (April 2011), over 8,000 runners took part with spectator numbers estimated at around 120,000. The race has acquired the status of “Britain’s No. 2 marathon” for its profile in the national running arena, for its standard of race organisation and for the publicity generated by the event. More than two hundred charities had runners in the 2011 event and this demand has led to an increase from 3,000 to 5,000 in the number of places being offered to charities in 2012.
The 2012 event saw a 20% increase on entries to an acceptance of 18,000, putting it in the top 12 running events in the UK. In September 2011, The Brighton Marathon was granted coveted Bronze Medal status by the World governing body, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).[5][6][7]
Results
The first Men's Elite Race in 2010 was won between Mongolian Bat-Ochiryn Ser-Od with a time of 2:19:05. Between 2011 and 2014, the Men's Elite Race course record was broken consecutively by Kenyans Philemon Boit, Peter Kimeli Some, Dominic Kangor and William Chebor. In 2014, Chebor set the current record with a time of 2:09:25. Kenyan Duncan Maiyo is the most successful athlete with back-to-back wins in 2015 and 2016. In both races, he was less than a minute over the course record. In 2017, Stuart Hawkes became the first English winner and first European winner in the Men's Elite Race. with a time of 2:27:36. He retained his win in 2018 with an improved time and personal best of 2:22:33.
The first Women's Elite Race, also in 2010, was won by Briton Joanna Bryce in 3:05:20. The course record was broken for three consecutive years by Alyson Dixon, Sviatlana Kouhan and Eunice Kales. Kouhan became the first non-British winner with a time of 2:41:22 in 2012, and Kales became the first non-European winner in 2013 with a time of 2:28:50 – the current course record. Alice Milgo, Pennina Wanjiru and Grace Momanyi all continued the success for Kenya in the following years, while Lishan Dula became the first Asian athlete to finish in the top three with her second-place finish in 2015. Helen Davies became the first Briton to win in six years with a time of 2:42:40 in 2017, and he retained the win in 2018 with an improved time of 2:38:41.
Elite race winners
Men
Year | Winner | Runner-Up | Third Place | Notes | ||||||
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2010 | Bat-Ochiryn Ser-Od | 2:19:05 | Michael Coleman | 2:24:38 | Christopher Thomson | 2:29:54 | Course record | |||
2011 | Philemon Boit | 2:16:07 | Richard Rotich | 2:16:32 | Anbessy Tolossa | 2:16:54 | Course record | |||
2012 | Peter Kimeli Some | 2:12:03 | Dominic Pius Ondoro | 2:12:10 | John Kelai | 2:12:44 | Course record | |||
2013 | Dominic Kangor | 2:10:46 | Bernard Rotich | 2:10:51 | Robert Mwangi | 2:11:26 | Course record | |||
2014 | William Chebor | 2:09:25 | Dominic Kangor | 2:09:36 | Wilfred Murgor | 2:12:17 | Course record | |||
2015 | Duncan Maiyo | 2:10:15 | Dominic Kangor | 2:11:52 | Mutai Kipkemei | 2:14:41 | ||||
2016 | Duncan Maiyo | 2:09:51 | Raymond Chemungor | 2:10:50 | Edwin Kiptoo | 2:11:23 | ||||
2017 | Stuart Hawkes | 2:27:36 | Ollie Garrod | 2:31:32 | Jon Pepper | 2:31:56 | ||||
2018 | Stuart Hawkes | 2:22:33 | Dan Nash | 2:22:55 | Kevin Rojas | 2:23:54 |
Women
Year | Winner | Runner-Up | Third Place | Notes | ||||||
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2010 | Joanna Bryce | 3:05:20 | Cathy Ulliott | 3:05:42 | Louisa Ruderman | 3:13:50 | Course record | |||
2011 | Alyson Dixon | 2:34:51 | Lucy Macalister | 2:40:35 | Julie Briscoe | 2:41:09 | Course record | |||
2012 | Sviatlana Kouhan | 2:29:37 | Irene Chepkirui | 2:33:55 | Holly Rush | 2:41:22 | Course record | |||
2013 | Eunice Kales | 2:28:50 | Alyson Dixon | 2:31:10 | Frashiah Waithaka | 2:33:31 | Course record | |||
2014 | Alice Milgo | 2:35:33 | Selam Abere | 2:36:37 | Rebecca Robinson | 2:37:41 | ||||
2015 | Pennina Wanjiru | 2:34:25 | Lishan Dula | 2:34:55 | Eunice Kales | 2:53:50 | ||||
2016 | Grace Momanyi | 2:34:11 | Asnakech Mengistu | 2:35:37 | Peninah Wanjiru | 2:43:32 | ||||
2017 | Helen Davies | 2:42:40 | Hayley Munn | 2:46:00 | Helen Buller | 2:51:22 | ||||
2018 | Helen Davies | 2:38:41 | Sarah Webster | 2:49:02 | Sara Bird | 2:52:21 |
Incidents
In the 2013 race, a participant died: 23-year-old Sam Harper Brighouse, of South East London, collapsed in Grand Avenue and was taken to hospital where he was later pronounced dead.[8][9] The inquest ruled he died of Bowel ischemia and a gastro-intestinal haemorrhage, brought on by an idiosyncratic reaction to hyperthermia, dehydration, endurance exertion, hyperosmolar sports supplements and ibuprofen.[10][11] The coroner stated Harper Brighouse's preparations for the race were appropriate.[12]
References
- ↑ "About the Event". www.brightonmarathonweekend.co.uk. Brighton Marathon Weekend. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ↑ Bannister, Mike (26 January 2016). "Olympian, Founder of Brighton Marathon". RunBrighton. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ↑ "Key Dates and Deadlines". brightonmarathonweekend.co.uk. Brighton Marathon Weekend. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ↑ "Enter the 2019 Brighton Marathon". www.brightonmarathonweekend.co.uk. Brighton Marathon Weekend. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ↑ "The Brighton Marathon, London by the Sea", http://www.brightonmarathon.co.uk/, 18 April 2010
- ↑ Steve Hollis "Olympian wins inaugural Brighton Marathon", http://www.theargus.co.uk, 18 April 2010
- ↑ D.D. Guttenplan "Brighton marathon a match for Boston", The Guardian (Comment is Free), 20 April 2010
- ↑ "Young runner dies after collapsing during marathon". The Argus. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
- ↑ Smith, Vicky. "Sam Harper Brighouse: Charity cash and tributes pour in for runner who died during Brighton Marathon". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
- ↑ "Runner Sam Brighouse died after 'ibuprofen and supplements'". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
- ↑ "Supplements reaction killed Brighton Marathon runner, inquest rules". The Argus. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
- ↑ "Runner Sam Brighouse died after 'ibuprofen and supplements'". BBC News. Retrieved 13 April 2015.