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I have not written one of these in a while and despite maintaining my training/participating in virtual events this was my first live event since Blickling Half.

Congratulations to the first time Ultra runner Marc Coles An incredible time of 7hrs 13 minutes averaging 9min mile over 49 miles.  5th place! Hat off to you sir.  I call this an event as with staggered starts (81 runners staggered by 5 minutes in starts of up to 5 runners) the usual front runners (which Marc would have been) are, like the rest of us running our own race.

Positive events are well run and well volunteered.  It was also well supported which shows that events of this distance and limited entries can but run safely AND supported safely.  Huge thanks to the members (Shaune Gooch, Clare Gooch) and some friends of our club who were out supporting us. 

It was perfect weather for this day.  I was lucky to be running this with Mandy Foyster.  AS usual Mandy did her good Samaritan bit and helped 2 runners from mile 23.  They finished.  They would not have without Mandy.  On that basis I finished ahead as I needed to keep going and get it done.  9hrs 37 which is 30 minutes quicker than the time before, even with the extra mile Mandy and I added as we ignored the Peddars way sign and decided to take the cycle route for half a mile….

This for slower runners like me is normally a head torch event.  The beauty of it not being in January for once is the last 10 miles were breath taking and masked the pain…

Our 5th place Marc Coles- has added this to the race/event report.  It seems so long since the last one! Can massively recommend this event to anyone fancying a go at an ultra and should give us all confidence that events can be brilliantly and safely organised as lockdown eases. Hopefully many more race reports to come this year!

Will I do it again?  Norfolk 100k is booked.  Unfinished business!

Hello,
We’re excited to say that Brighton Marathon Weekend club entries are coming soon! Every year, Brighton Marathon Weekend gives registered club runners the opportunity to secure a guaranteed place through their club.

This year, we are continuing our offering for the 2021 event, however we are also launching our new loyalty scheme for all England Athletics and Welsh Athletics clubs.
We will be open for club entries from the 28th April 2021 for the Brighton Marathon and the BM10k for September.

For more information please see our web page here: https://brightonmarathonweekend.co.uk/events/brighton-marathon/club-entries/

Alternatively, please email us at runningclubs@brightonmarathon.co.uk for any further questions.
Kind regards

Congratulations to Alicia Lacey and John Hudson who ran the Milton Keynes Winter Half Marathon on Sunday 13th December 2020 It must have been a great feeling running an actual race all be it one run under Covid 19 restrictions.

They both did the club proud with Alicia taking the first female position in a time of 1:20:48 while John crossed the line in 1:17:24 taking 13th place overall. 

Alicia also achieved a club record for the half marathon that had been held by Anne Flanagan for 13 years. A good weekends work!