Brighton Marathon

Annual event in Brighton, England

Brighton Marathon

Runners during the first Brighton Marathon in 2010

Location| Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom
Event type| Road
Distance| Marathon
Established| 2010; 14 years ago (2010)
Course records| Men: 2:09:25 (William Chebor, 2014)
Women: 2:28:50 (Eunice Kales, 2013)
Official site| Brightonmarathonweekend.co.uk
Inaugural finisher's medal, 2010 Finisher's medal from 2018

The Brighton Marathon is an annual marathon in Brighton and Hove, England. It was first held on 18 April 2010 and has usually 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]

## History

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The first Brighton Marathon 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", after the London Marathon, for its profile in the national running arena, for its standard of race organisation and for the publicity generated by the event.[citation needed] 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).[3][4][5]

The 2020 in-person edition of the race was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.[6][7][b]

Similarly, the 2021 edition of the race, originally scheduled for April, was postponed to 12 September due to the pandemic, with many registrants given the option of transferring their entry to 2022 or obtaining a full refund.[11][12][13] An error in setup led to the 2021 course being 568m too long, which affected the final result of the men's race when winner Neil McClements overtook Ollie Garrod, who had led the whole way, in the last 100m of the course.[14][15]

In September 2022, event organisers Grounded Events Company Limited (Grounded Events) were critisied by a number recent winners of the marathon over not being paid their prize money.[16]

In November 2022, Grounded Events filed for administration, with the company being about £1.2million in debt.[17] FRP were appointed as administrators. The company was bought by London Marathon Events (LME) the next month, with Brighton & Hove City Council granting a five year licence to operate the event until at least 2027. The 2023 edition of the race went ahead as planned, with the event being added to LME's portfolio of events, that also includes the London Marathon, Ride London and Swim Serpentine.[18][19]

## Results

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The first Men's Elite Race in 2010 was won by Mongolian runner 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.

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

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### Men

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Year  | Winner  | Runner-Up  | Third Place  | Notes

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2010  | Bat-Ochiryn Ser-Od |  Mongolia | 2:19:05  | Michael Coleman  |  United Kingdom | 2:24:38  | Christopher Thomson  |  United Kingdom | 2:29:54  | Course record
2011  | Philemon Boit  |  Kenya | 2:16:07  | Richard Rotich  |  Kenya | 2:16:32  | Anbessy Tolossa  |  Ethiopia | 2:16:54  | Course record
2012  | Peter Kimeli Some |  Kenya | 2:12:03  | Dominic Pius Ondoro |  Kenya | 2:12:10  | John Kelai |  Kenya | 2:12:44  | Course record
2013  | Dominic Kangor  |  Kenya | 2:10:46  | Bernard Rotich  |  Kenya | 2:10:51  | Robert Mwangi  |  Kenya | 2:11:26  | Course record
2014  | William Chebor  |  Kenya | 2:09:25  | Dominic Kangor  |  Kenya | 2:09:36  | Wilfred Murgor  |  Kenya | 2:12:17  | Course record
2015  | Duncan Maiyo  |  Kenya | 2:10:15  | Dominic Kangor  |  Kenya | 2:11:52  | Mutai Kipkemei  |  Kenya | 2:14:41  |
2016  | Duncan Maiyo  |  Kenya | 2:09:51  | Raymond Chemungor  |  Kenya | 2:10:50  | Edwin Kiptoo |  Kenya | 2:11:23  |
2017  | Stuart Hawkes  |  United Kingdom | 2:27:36  | Ollie Garrod  |  United Kingdom | 2:31:32  | Jon Pepper  |  United Kingdom | 2:31:56  |
2018  | Stuart Hawkes  |  United Kingdom | 2:22:33  | Dan Nash  |  United Kingdom | 2:22:55  | Kevin Rojas  |  United Kingdom | 2:23:54  |
2019  | Peter Le Grice  |  United Kingdom | 2:16:23  | Paul Navesey  |  United Kingdom | 2:18:17  | Ian Leitch  |  United Kingdom | 2:18:34  |
2020 | cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic[6]
2021  | Neil McClements  |  United Kingdom | 2:33:45  | Ollie Garrod  |  United Kingdom | 2:34:02  | Mark Innocenti  |  United Kingdom | 2:35:49  | Course 568m too long.[15]
2022  | Alix Ramsier  |  United Kingdom | 2:29:08  | Ben Holmes  |  United Kingdom | 2:29:26  | Will Green  |  United Kingdom | 2:30:02
2023  | Marshall Smith  |  United Kingdom | 2:24:07  | Barney Reed  |  United Kingdom | 2:36:16  | Axel Finke  |  Germany | 2:36:44  |
2024  | Oliver Knowles  |  United Kingdom | 2:32:27  | Matthew Alderson  |  United Kingdom | 2:32:45  | James Cook  |  United Kingdom | 2:36:19  |

### Women

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Year  | Winner  | Runner-Up  | Third Place  | Notes

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2010  | Joanna Bryce  |  United Kingdom | 3:05:20  | Cathy Ulliott  |  United Kingdom | 3:05:42  | Louisa Ruderman  |  United Kingdom | 3:13:50  | Course record
2011  | Alyson Dixon |  United Kingdom | 2:34:51  | Lucy MacAlister  |  United Kingdom | 2:40:35  | Julie Briscoe  |  United Kingdom | 2:41:09  | Course record
2012  | Sviatlana Kouhan |  Belarus | 2:29:37  | Irene Chepkirui  |  Kenya | 2:33:55  | Holly Rush  |  United Kingdom | 2:41:22  | Course record
2013  | Eunice Kales  |  Kenya | 2:28:50  | Alyson Dixon |  United Kingdom | 2:31:10  | Frashiah Waithaka  |  Kenya | 2:33:31  | Course record
2014  | Alice Milgo  |  Kenya | 2:35:33  | Selam Abere  |  Ethiopia | 2:36:37  | Rebecca Robinson  |  United Kingdom | 2:37:41  |
2015  | Pennina Wanjiru  |  Kenya | 2:34:25  | Lishan Dula |  Bahrain | 2:34:55  | Eunice Kales  |  Kenya | 2:53:50  |
2016  | Grace Momanyi |  Kenya | 2:34:11  | Asnakech Mengistu  |  Ethiopia | 2:35:37  | Pennina Wanjiru  |  Kenya | 2:43:32  |
2017  | Helen Davies |  United Kingdom | 2:42:40  | Hayley Munn  |  United Kingdom | 2:46:00  | Helen Buller  |  United Kingdom | 2:51:22  |
2018  | Helen Davies |  United Kingdom | 2:38:41  | Sarah Webster  |  United Kingdom | 2:49:02  | Sara Bird  |  United Kingdom | 2:52:21  |
2019  | Helen Davies |  United Kingdom | 2:34:08  | Jill Collett  |  United Kingdom | 2:48:16  | Johanna O'Regan  |  United Kingdom | 2:49:41  |
2020 | cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic[6]
2021  | Verity Hopkins  |  United Kingdom | 2:52:12  | Amy Harris  |  United Kingdom | 3:04:28  | Lauren Reid  |  Canada | 3:09:32  | Course 568m too long.[15]
2022  | Melissah Gibson  |  Australia | 2:51:07  | Ania Gabb  |  United Kingdom | 2:52:44  | Sarah Hanley  |  United Kingdom | 2:56:01
2023  | Helen Reid  |  United Kingdom | 2:55:11  | Lucy Barnes  |  United Kingdom | 2:56:10  | Fay Hughes  |  United Kingdom | 2:56:42  |
2023  | Hannah McGowan-Jones  |  United Kingdom | 2:54:43  | Victoria Cartmell  |  United Kingdom | 3:03:55  | Annie Soper  |  United Kingdom | 3:04:59  |

## Incidents

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23-year-old Sam Harper Brighouse died during the 2013 race after collapsing in Grand Avenue and being taken to hospital.[20][21] 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.[22][23] The coroner stated Harper Brighouse's preparations for the race were appropriate.[24]

## Notes

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1. ^ The race was intended to complement a distance of 20 miles (32 km), completed virtually by the runner prior to the event, in order to sum up to the marathon distance.[8]
2. ^ It had initially been postponed to 20 September 2020, and then converted into a 10K run[a] to be held on 11 October 2020, before being cancelled.[9][10][8][6]

## References

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1. ^ "About the Event". www.brightonmarathonweekend.co.uk. Brighton Marathon Weekend. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
2. ^ Bannister, Mike (26 January 2016). "Olympian, Founder of Brighton Marathon". RunBrighton. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
3. ^ "The Brighton Marathon, London by the Sea"[usurped], http://www.brightonmarathon.co.uk/, 18 April 2010
4. ^ Steve Hollis "Olympian wins inaugural Brighton Marathon", http://www.theargus.co.uk, 18 April 2010
5. ^ D.D. Guttenplan "Brighton marathon a match for Boston", The Guardian (Comment is Free), 20 April 2010
6. ^ a b c d "Brighton Marathon Weekend | the Edit Cancellation Statement | Brighton Marathon Weekend". www.brightonmarathonweekend.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
7. ^ "Brighton Marathon's substitute 10km event called off over coronavirus concerns". 25 September 2020. Archived from the original on 26 September 2020.
8. ^ a b "The edit | Brighton Marathon Weekend". www.brightonmarathonweekend.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
9. ^ "POSTPONEMENT INFORMATION 2021 | Brighton Marathon Weekend". Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
10. ^ "2020 Brighton Marathon and BM10k Update | Brighton Marathon Weekend". Archived from the original on 11 August 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
11. ^ "POSTPONEMENT INFORMATION 2021 | Brighton Marathon Weekend". Archived from the original on 22 October 2020.
12. ^
* https://web.archive.org/web/20201022025046/https://2021.brightonmarathonweekend.co.uk/2021-postponement-options/
* https://web.archive.org/web/20201022025051/https://2021.brightonmarathonweekend.co.uk/general-entry-options/
* https://web.archive.org/web/20201022025050/https://2021.brightonmarathonweekend.co.uk/general-entry-defer-options/
* https://web.archive.org/web/20201022025048/https://2021.brightonmarathonweekend.co.uk/charity-entry-options/
* https://web.archive.org/web/20201022025048/https://2021.brightonmarathonweekend.co.uk/member-options/
13. ^ "Marathon postponed for third time as organiser calls for events industry support". Archived from the original on 22 October 2020.
14. ^ "Brighton Marathon organisers apologise over course that was too long". BBC News. 12 September 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
15. ^ a b c "Close finish and controversy as Brighton Marathon returns". AW. 12 September 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
16. ^ "Brighton Marathon organisers apologise to runners who have not been paid prize money". The Argus. 30 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
17. ^ "Company behind Brighton Marathon to be sold in bid to secure future of event". The Argus. 9 November 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
18. ^ Paton, Caitlin (23 December 2022). "Brighton Marathon saved as Grounded Events is acquired out of administration". FRP Advisory. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
19. ^ "Our other events". vitalitylondon10000.co.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
20. ^ "Young runner dies after collapsing during marathon". The Argus. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
21. ^ Smith, Vicky (15 April 2013). "Sam Harper Brighouse: Charity cash and tributes pour in for runner who died during Brighton Marathon". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
22. ^ "Runner Sam Brighouse died after 'ibuprofen and supplements'". BBC News. BBC. 30 August 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
23. ^ "Supplements reaction killed Brighton Marathon runner, inquest rules". The Argus. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
24. ^ "Runner Sam Brighouse died after 'ibuprofen and supplements'". BBC News. 30 August 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2015.

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* Brighton Marathon official website[usurped]
* Results for every participant for each year[usurped] on official website
* News article at The Argus

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