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Race Guide
Brighton Marathon
Date / Time
Length
26.20 miles (42.2 km)
Description
The Brighton Marathon is a road race run over the distance of 42.195 km or 26 miles and 385 yards. It takes place each April in Brighton on the south coast of England. The inaugural Brighton Marathon was organised by former international athlete Tim Hutchings and former Brighton club athlete, Tom Naylor. The first running of the race took place on 18th 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.
Details of the route for this race are available below. Please note that the actual route on the day may vary slightly from the route mapped so please use this as a guide only.
Route
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Hills
This route has a total climb of 184 metres.
Taking this into account, this route is equivalent to running approximately 26.7 miles on the flat.
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