ONCE again the Brighton Marathon has been a triumph.
It’s now regarded as the second biggest and best marathon in the country behind the inimitable event some 53 miles north.
Any event that raises in the region of £6 million for charity is special, but when that same amount of money gets ploughed into the city’s economy over the weekend it makes it a powerful day on the calendar.
No records were broken, numbers were slightly down on the estimations, but as race founder Tim Hutchings said: “It doesn’t matter.”
What does matter is that nearly 10,000 people got round the course for a host of different reasons.
Beating a personal best, training for future Olympics, raising money for a charity, battling a personal challenge or in memory of someone dear to them.
Whatever the reason, they should all hold their heads up for tackling 26.2 miles of torture.
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