Brighton Marathon

Listed by Magpie Rob
  • Rated 78%
  • 26.2mi
  • Road
Entrants (123)
Club
PB SB Pred Time WAVA
(Mama) Pigeon
Anstey Amblers and Runners
4:04:27 4:40:09 5:00:18 44.79
24hr Ryan
Unaffiliated
3:54:53 5:46:18 3:40:00 5:46:18 35.10
Amaryllis
Saints & Sinners Fun Runners
4:30:19 4:30:19 4:30:19 60.38
andrewprod Fantastic support. Great atmosphere. Loved water in cups (sorry). Fast and pretty flat course. For such an expensive race though the goody bag was truly dreadful and medal and t-shirt only average. The expo was a big disappointment, and just a means to sell me some socks ( I bought some socks!). Simply not enough toilets at the start. Finish area needs re-thinking (maybe it was my own fault for not walking far enough but in my exhausted state I completely missed the food and drinks stalls and turned and walked back up 500 steps). Overall though really enjoyed the run, and the people of Brighton were brill!
Plymouth Coasters
4:14:18 4:14:18 4:30:00 4:14:18 55.01
andrewt704 Brutally hot weather in the second half.
St. Albans Striders
4:26:58 4:26:58 4:00:00 4:26:58 45.94
Andy66
Swanley & District AC
3:30:41 3:43:01 3:30:00 3:43:01 60.04
ashleighferris
Ranelagh Harriers
3:57:00 3:57:00 3:57:00 56.53
atrain247
Liss Runners
3:43:20 4:16:10 4:30:00 4:16:10 50.12
Bomber Harris 410th position gun time, 289th by chip time.
Striders of Croydon AC
3:12:40 3:12:40 3:15:00 3:12:40 67.76
branie99
Silson Joggers AC
3:46:51 3:51:53 4:28:16 50.79
brighton_lee
Unaffiliated
3:27:09 3:27:09 3:27:09 58.85
BrixtonBlade
Dulwich Runners AC
3:46:03 3:51:46 3:51:46 52.74
Cal 69
Unaffiliated
3:55:46 4:49:59 5:12:42 45.60
chinners
Steyning AC
3:02:14 3:02:14 3:05:00 3:12:40 63.14
Chris_T117
Brighton & Hove City AC
3:57:41 3:57:41 3:59:59 3:57:41 57.32
ChristopheD
Bellahouston Road Runners
3:36:59 3:36:59 3:36:59 56.52
ck1
Canterbury Harriers
3:14:08 3:14:08 3:15:00 3:14:08 69.57
closej
Unaffiliated
4:02:39 4:13:40 4:29:17 50.16
Closer
100 Marathon Club
3:38:59 3:41:45 3:58:10 62.62
Coeyboy
Tone Zone Runners
4:04:53 3:29:02 3:29:02 59.57
Craig_
Unaffiliated
3:34:29
DaveChild
Unaffiliated
deanmurley
Harpenden Arrows
2:58:37 3:38:56 3:29:59 3:38:56 56.54
Doice
Unaffiliated
3:13:48 3:13:50 3:15:00 3:13:50 65.70
Enaoslm TENTATIVE
Basingstoke & Mid Hants AC
3:02:51 3:45:24 3:05:00
Fairy clogs
Stragglers
3:28:40 3:31:40 3:36:36 75.35
Fat head
Unaffiliated
3:23:38 3:23:38 3:23:38 61.57
fleety
Fareham Crusaders
3:26:41 3:26:41 3:29:20 3:26:41 59.59
Footpad Always well organised and a great race. May not be the cheapest to enter but the city is closed for the day so lots to pay for. Great support and the marshalls were awesome! I will be back next year for another go :)
Unaffiliated
4:12:06 4:21:36 4:30:00 4:21:36 52.08
frankss1104
Ryston Runners AC
G-Dawg
Woking AC
2:59:18 3:13:57 3:17:00 3:13:57 68.45
Gamgee
Unaffiliated
George Smiley
Unaffiliated
4:52:33 4:52:33 4:52:33 45.77
gilb
Unaffiliated
3:49:33 3:49:33 3:30:00 3:49:33 52.95
gingerwand
Werrington Joggers
3:24:44 3:32:11 3:32:11 63.65
glbroo
Woking AC
3:09:08 3:14:10 3:14:59 3:14:10 66.68
Good King Carpathius
Felixstowe RRC
4:45:25 4:47:12 5:19:14 41.99
gribb0
FERC
4:12:52 4:12:52 4:14:59 4:24:09 57.89
Ground HogFather
100 Marathon Club, Sandhurst Joggers, LDWA
3:51:19 3:51:19 4:00:00 3:51:19 58.39
Han_Sorbie
Burgess Hill Runners
5:30:54 5:30:54 5:30:54 40.49
hatterfan
100 Marathon Club
3:21:18 4:04:11 4:23:30 47.94
hexelpdk
Unaffiliated
5:06:20 5:06:20 4:40:00 5:06:20 42.97
hillcrawler
Unaffiliated
4:29:00 4:57:43 4:57:43 48.91
hurricanehamlyn
Werrington Joggers
3:58:57 4:15:35 4:15:00
ianr
Cambridge & Coleridge AC, Canicross Cambridgeshire
2:59:55 2:59:55 2:59:59 2:59:55 75.73
jamesy1981 The Brighton Marathon is getting bigger because it does a lot of stuff right. It's a quick course with PB potential and a great atmosphere. However, there are a lot of things which are bad and some of these are things that have declined since I last ran it in 2013.

Firstly, the exhibition is getting increasingly less exciting and not just because I have experienced it before. Those that have attended the London Marathon expo sneer at the Brighton one and I used to defend its honour. This year though, we were sort of routinely shoved into a tiny cramped area to pick up our numbers, there was no atmospheric music on the way in and the exhibits were all pretty dull.

Secondly, the toilets at the start were terrible. There were nowhere near enough for the demands and I reckon it took a good 45 minutes for some people to negotiate the toilet queues. 

Thirdly, the water stations were a nightmare this year. They were every 100m it felt like and on both sides of the road. Given that they now opt to give out cups to drink from, which makes the runner have to stop moving, I nearly got taken out by runners darting across me to grab water 6 times during the race. If they were on one side of the road, runners who do not want to stop for a drink could take the wider path instead of having to play Frogger. I also nearly tripped over several cups with tired legs. My girlfriend also got hit in the face by a couple of the cups which were lighter than the bottle things they used before which would skid along the ground instead of fly through the air. 

Finally, the course was so bottle necked for the first 5 miles that I had to run at a slower pace than I wanted to and could only occasionally move up the field with a quick sprint. Not an ideal  way of pacing myself. A lot of seasoned runners tell you it's ok over the first 5 miles to run at a slower pace and just get your rhythm but I was definitely not able to find my rhythm until about 8 miles in when the roads were finally wide enough to accommodate a bit of overtaking.

As one of the most expensive Marathons there is I don't feel like this race really puts the runner first and, this is only an impression I get, it seems more about making a bit of revenue. It definitely doesn't feel like it is organised by runners who understand other runners.

But hey. As I say, it's a popular atmospheric event, the tshirt and medal are always very good...and well, I've given several aspects of this 4 or 5 stars. I just think it is let down in a big way in a few key areas.
Burgess Hill Runners
3:35:26 3:35:26 3:35:26 56.49
Jay Mccardle
Tuff Fitty Triathlon Club
3:19:10 3:19:10 3:19:10 64.47
Jillianmarie
Unaffiliated
4:23:10 5:33:00
JimO66
East London Runners
3:11:23 3:27:16 3:30:36 57.72
Jinksy
Werrington Joggers
4:19:36 4:27:48 4:39:00 4:27:48 52.76
jmiles11
Seaford Striders RC
3:17:20 3:17:20 3:28:08 58.40
Joe Hawk
Datchet Dashers
2:56:05 2:56:05 3:03:53 67.32
johnboyuk
Plumstead Runners
4:24:32 4:43:29 4:10:00 4:43:29 43.93
Johnbury
Unaffiliated
4:10:56 3:59:00
Johoo!
Unaffiliated
5:09:00 5:09:00 5:09:00
July67
Unaffiliated
3:41:28 3:41:28 3:40:00 3:41:28 59.95
Jungle Dave
Unaffiliated
4:48:53 4:48:53 5:05:00 4:48:53 42.20
kink bunny
VEGAN RUNNERS UK
4:11:42 4:46:58 4:35:00 4:46:58 47.15
KJ
Ashford and District RRC
2:43:21 2:54:17 2:54:17 81.00
lake TENTATIVE
Thanet Road Runners AC
3:32:04
lizzieph
Northbrook AC
3:44:12 3:48:53 3:48:53 58.91
Magpie Rob
Matlock Athletic Club
3:24:17 3:26:57 3:20:00 3:26:57 63.08
markmywords
Unaffiliated
3:55:13 3:55:13 4:00:00 3:55:13 52.63
Marshall Aid
Winchester & District AC
4:42:53
martin437
Denmead Striders
3:40:41 3:40:41 3:40:41 56.81
Max71
Unaffiliated
4:26:37 4:26:37 4:31:24 51.62
mdsparky
Lytchett Manor Striders
3:42:04 3:42:04 3:35:00 3:42:04 55.46
Mel
Ranelagh Harriers
4:11:13 4:13:20 3:59:50 4:13:20 55.30
Mizzle
Werrington Joggers
4:47:48 4:56:41 4:56:41 49.66
motivator
Garden City Runners
3:27:00 3:27:00 3:30:00 3:27:00
Mr UE
Unaffiliated
3:30:04 3:38:59 3:38:59 59.62
Mr. K. 
Split Summary
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1) 1m - 8:49(8:49/m) 89/93rpm
2) 1m - 8:29(8:29/m) 90/93rpm
3) 1m - 8:34(8:34/m) 90/92rpm
4) 1m - 8:44(8:44/m) 90/92rpm
5) 1m - 8:30(8:30/m) 91/93rpm
6) 1m - 8:41(8:41/m) 91/95rpm
7) 1m - 8:30(8:30/m) 92/97rpm
8) 1m - 8:26(8:26/m) 92/94rpm
9) 1m - 8:39(8:39/m) 92/94rpm
10) 1m - 8:20(8:20/m) 92/95rpm
11) 1m - 8:20(8:20/m) 93/97rpm
12) 1m - 8:11(8:11/m) 93/95rpm
13) 1m - 8:06(8:06/m) 93/95rpm
14) 1m - 8:14(8:14/m) 93/95rpm
15) 1m - 8:26(8:26/m) 93/96rpm
16) 1m - 8:22(8:22/m) 93/96rpm
17) 1m - 8:18(8:18/m) 93/96rpm
18) 1m - 8:35(8:35/m) 93/95rpm
19) 1m - 8:25(8:25/m) 93/96rpm
20) 1m - 8:44(8:44/m) 93/95rpm
21) 1m - 8:59(8:59/m) 92/95rpm
22) 1m - 9:04(9:04/m) 91/93rpm
23) 1m - 9:01(9:01/m) 91/93rpm
24) 1m - 9:21(9:21/m) 89/93rpm
25) 1m - 10:48(10:48/m) 81/122rpm
26) 1m - 9:52(9:52/m) 84/95rpm
27) 0.47m - 3:55(8:20/m) 90/96rpm

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Cove Joggers, Windle Valley Runners
3:39:29 3:46:29 3:50:23 57.14
MrMarcus Went through a real rocky patch at 21 miles and almost pulled out of the race but pulled myself together and got it done. Missed out on my target time but still got a massive 8 minute personal best so all in all, a good mornings work :-)
Ipswich JAFFA RC
3:09:31 3:09:31 2:58:00 3:09:31 66.15
Mrs Winkle
Ranelagh Harriers
3:36:03 3:57:57 3:57:57 58.43
Naive Steve
Unaffiliated
3:50:00 3:55:36 3:55:36 54.50
Natters
Jogscotland Hazlehead
Neil E Dunnin
Dumfries RC
3:57:45 4:47:59 5:03:00 45.36
neil hewitt
Harpenden Arrows
3:53:04 4:02:22 4:02:22 58.24
Norrthwestarm
Unaffiliated
3:18:22 3:21:00 3:21:00 66.62
only weak men
Victoria Park Harriers & Tower Hamlets AC
3:07:24 3:07:24 3:07:24 66.05
Ouchling
Unaffiliated
3:50:52 4:30:27 4:30:27 49.63
Pez
Unaffiliated
3:34:06 3:56:15 3:56:15 53.07
plodding hippo
100 Marathon Club
4:16:46 4:45:44 4:58:36 49.95
raquel65
Unaffiliated
3:55:06 3:57:58 3:57:58 62.68
RayCool
Running Forever
3:36:57 3:49:25 4:10:00 3:54:59 56.98
Rich Pryor
Flyers Southend
4:27:38 4:27:38 4:44:22
rjbutler
Ashford and District RRC
3:08:22 3:17:08 3:17:08
Rob W
Unaffiliated
4:01:56 5:12:17 4:59:00 5:12:17 42.51
Rorschach
White Oak and Dartford Tri Squad
3:47:15 3:55:50 3:55:50 54.45
RunGrandpaRun
STORM Plymouth
4:38:30
runneralan1964
Vale of Aylesbury AC
3:14:55 3:14:55 3:20:55 68.40
runnerbean1963
Garden City Runners
3:20:05 3:25:09 3:20:00 3:25:09 66.99
sarahbob
Garden City Runners
3:41:35 3:53:55 3:53:55 60.40
SaulBee
Horsham Joggers
3:59:02 4:27:19 4:37:28 46.28
scollins78
Unaffiliated
3:39:12 3:51:40 3:55:00 52.19
Scooby Dave
Unaffiliated
3:09:13 3:12:29 3:15:00 3:12:29 66.71
Scopey
Mickleover Running Club
3:09:22 3:12:08 3:12:08 66.83
Seemorerunning
Unaffiliated
3:57:44 4:30:00
sister
UKnetrunner
3:48:33
Slow Duck
100 Marathon Club, Dorking & Mole Valley AC
3:15:53 3:24:22 3:14:59 3:24:22 65.52
Smugbloke Too many people with earphones - they should be banned.
Tri-Anglia
3:17:51 3:53:00 3:59:00 3:56:55 56.04
Snellers
VEGAN RUNNERS UK
4:33:25 4:33:25 4:33:25 47.75
Southcoastpete
Unaffiliated
4:33:30 6:17:22 6:17:22 34.60
SouthendAl
Flyers Southend
3:43:46 4:03:27 4:03:27 51.50
sparky paul
Capel Cheetahs
4:57:46 4:57:46 4:15:00 4:57:46 48.73
SpeedyBrear
Unaffiliated
3:50:37 5:48:33 6:00:00 5:48:33 36.84
SpeedyMel
Littledown Harriers RC
4:24:14 4:39:26 4:42:46 49.55
Steady as she goes
Ranelagh Harriers
3:51:30 4:13:32 4:20:42 55.25
stefkirl
100 Marathon Club, Waverley Harriers
3:53:08 3:53:08 3:53:08 55.53
stephenpond1968
Petts Wood Runners
2:58:30 3:11:42 3:35:05 61.21
Surrey Phil
FERC
4:32:57 4:39:31 4:52:39 44.24
Sweatbox
Dunstable RRC
3:55:54 4:25:52 4:25:52 45.72
Synthpop
Unaffiliated
3:40:18 3:40:18 3:40:18 57.34
TheDuke
Unaffiliated
3:27:56 3:27:56 3:29:59 3:27:56 64.96
Theselbyexpress
Quantock Harriers
3:03:40 3:24:07 3:35:12 63.31
Tony-21
Reading Roadrunners
3:17:31 3:53:58 3:58:20 59.23
Tracey G
Harwich Runners
5:06:34
TrailsurferUK
Reading Roadrunners
3:20:56 3:20:56 3:27:47 66.73
Trying Hard
Unaffiliated
4:40:40 4:40:40 4:48:29 52.34
vongustus
FERC
4:43:09 4:43:09 4:40:00 4:56:38 49.67
Wazelle the Gazelle
Dulwich Park Runners
6:18:22 6:27:45 6:00:00 6:27:45 41.53
WinnieBob
Unaffiliated
3:02:24 3:02:24 3:10:06 63.94
worthingrunner
Unaffiliated
3:08:57 3:22:20 3:30:00 3:29:16 58.85

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