The Argus | Brighton Marathon

Achieving the Unachievable

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:12:21 +0100

Police Commander Reflects on Brighton at its Best

What a perfect day for Brighton's first marathon... ouch my thighs hurt.

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 21:21:14 +0100

It's all over, the big day has come and gone and what an amazing day it was.

What a brilliant, brilliant day

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:34:31 +0100

That was the first of what I hope will be many, annual runnings of the Brighton Half Marathon. An utter triumph for the City, individual triumphs for around 8,000 runners and a brilliant day out for the 80,000 or so spectators.

Liveblog: Brighton Marathon 2010

Sun, 18 Apr 2010 07:00:00 +0100

More than 80,000 lined the streets for Brighton and Hove's first ever marathon. See our LIVEBLOG for an update of how the day went and leave your congratulatory messages at the bottom.

Such an honour and a privilege to meet the Brighton Marathon organisers

Sat, 17 Apr 2010 14:30:29 +0100

It was such an honour for me to be invited to the pre-marathon party at the Pavillion last night. I was truly blown away by the sheer determination and hard work acheived by the race directors and the whole BM team that have and as far as I know are still working around the clock to make this race possible. Steve Ovett gave a great speech albeit with a strong twang of Aussie accent which quite suited him. Tim Hutchinson gave me a giggle when he gave his speech he mentioned that when he first had the idea of holding the Brighton Marathon he put his thoughts to the local constabulary whose initial response was "are you having a laugh?"

Last preparatory run done. So that's it then

Fri, 16 Apr 2010 20:49:01 +0100

I got up this morning to do my final training run, a 30-minute jog. I decided I'd freak out completely and throw up instead, though, so I ended up doing it this evening when I got home.

Barefoot running won't be fun on Brighton's roads

Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:41:18 +0100

I've had a few distractions in the last couple of weeks which have taken my attention away from running a bit. I got a second 20 miler in before I started tapering though, so I feel fairly well prepared.

21 ways to make your first marathon a success

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:23:12 +0100

Really, REALLY good advice

Fear creeps in, accompanied by resignation

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 06:57:47 +0100

Either I'm ready or I'm not. It's too late to do much about it at this stage.

Normal service has been restored - not too late, am I?

Sun, 11 Apr 2010 20:03:19 +0100

I have a home internet connection again. Just in time for it all to be over. Hey ho

Marathon nightmares and I'm a week too early.

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 18:08:15 +0100

I had a bad dream last night that it was Brighton marathon day and for some reason I had not paid my entry fee. The fee in my dream was £190 and I was in a panic to get to the bank with my credit card to pay. My father was present although not being very helpful and even less so when the bank told me that my credit card was out of date. It was 11am by this stage and the race had been going for two hours. I still had a plan that I could catch up with the runners but attempting to persuade the bank to pay my fee was clearly not going to happen.

Miles happier following long-distance run

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 12:32:47 +0100

I had a bit of a breakthrough at the weekend – I ran 14 miles.

Counting the cost of fitness

Sun, 04 Apr 2010 13:13:03 +0100

Police Commander passes an important milestone and reflects back on his year of strife.

Only 16 days left.... look after those bodies.

Fri, 02 Apr 2010 17:49:24 +0100

With only 16 days to go to the marathon, I am assuming that runners are being sensible enough to taper down and allow their bodies the essential rest and repair they need to enable them to get through the big day.