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Running The Brighton Marathon - The Marathon With So Much Character!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ส.ค. 2024
- Ever wanted to run the Brighton Marathon? Let me take you along for the ride! Here's my perspective running this fun marathon.
After a year of cancellations and postponements, the Brighton Marathon was pushed back to 12 September 2021. Boy was it worth the wait.
I rocked up in the city early on race day morning with my brother, Jack, who was also running the marathon.
It quickly became apparent that there wasn’t a cloud in sight and it was already starting to get pretty warm at around 8am. From the weather forecasts, we knew we were in for a hot day. We didn’t realise just how hot it was going to be.
I started in the very first (white) wave at 9.30am and had the pleasure of being amongst the first participants to complete the course.
The Brighton Marathon is split into a few main sections. Starting in Preston Park, it first winds through the city and then takes runners along the main road into Brighton along the coast. After looping on yourself, you're brought all the way along the main parade by Brighton Pier and then go back through the city before looping a very long residential street. Next up, you head through an industrial district before making an epic final run the entire length of the sea front promenade before finishing in the race village.
Finishing in 3h and 17m, this was my slowest marathon (my other times being 3h 3m and 3h 13m). Whilst I was a little disappointed with this, the heat and being directly exposed to the sun for over 80% of the course made this a very tricky race.
I’d highly recommend the Brighton Marathon to anyone interested in distance running, who wants a challenge, or who simply wants to explore a beautiful city on the coast of southern England.
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Teaser
00:28 - Introduction
02:02 - Start & 0 - 6m
04:08 - 6m - 13.1m
06:09 - 13.1m - 20m
08:31 - 20m - 26.2m
11:43 - Banana reward & conclusion
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Thanks for this video, Craig! I'm doing Brighton 2022 as my first ever marathon. I have a long story about why I got into running last year and why I'm doing the marathon but, I won't bore you with that. However, it's safe to say I'm pretty nervous about it. Your video has really helped reduce my anxieties. Well done for coping so well with that heat too!
Hey Ben, my absolute pleasure and thanks for watching! We all have our own reason for running and I enjoy hearing everyone's reason, so it wouldn't be a bore at all. My advice is that you will be absolutely fine as long as you've done your training and you come to race day in a positive mood. It's a nice flat course and it should be a nice day for it hopefully. Enjoy and best of luck!
Brilliant! 👏 I started running late in life but have completed 5 marathons (very slowly) signed up to Brighton for next April as a post-retirement from nhs challenge. Watching all the Brighton 26.2 info on here! Thanks for your video 👍👏👏👏
Hey, thanks for watching! Sounds like you've really taken running into your stride, enjoy the Brighton marathon next April; it's a fantastic run!
Brilliant I've always wanted to run a marathon you made it look like a breeze 💨
Cheers fella, give a marathon a try one day if you can. Contrary to what some say, they're extremely rewarding and a great challenge!
Go for it! I was well wrong side of 50 when I did my first! Great sense of achievement - & don’t worry about times just enjoy it! 🥰
Nice vid, Brighton will be one of my marathon destination someday.
Cheers Ryu! Give it a try if you can, it was a really fun course :)
It was great to be back lovely day for it I might have saw you there you did well. 3hrs 17 well done I was not far behind my first marathon there was 2:53:09 I judged my pace wrong I was over the finishing line walking like polar as a ghost I was 21 back then that was like havoc I have learned to better pace it now.
Fantastic edit Craig. Great to see the races coming back across the pond, seems like you had a good turn out too. Um the Mini Cooper parade was awesome! Beautiful course and congrats on finishing the race. Lots of good lessons learned.
Cheers matey. I agree, great stuff to see the races coming back! The Brighton Marathon was very well attended which was awesome. I'd love a Mini Cooper myself one day haha, one for the future goals. Best of luck for your future running endeavours and cheers for watching!
Great running
I also ran Brighton in 21, not a fan of the course but overall the support from the locals was fantastic 👏🏻
Incredible scenes Craig, I'm considering signing up for Brighton 2022, and this vlog has made my mind up for me to do it! I wish I could run with your coolness 😎 Well done 👊🏻
Cheers Andrew, great to hear! Best of luck for your 2022 Brighton Marathon. I might just sign up for it myself
Nice video Craig & thanks for sharing. I'm in the U.S. & leave tomorrow for the UK to run the Manchester Marathon October 10th. Looking forward to it; my 1st marathon in a different country & I can't wait. I'm pretty excited & your video was inspiring.
Hey Will, thanks for watching and for the kind words. Glad you found the video inspiring and best of luck with your first marathon abroad on October 10. I've heard that the Manchester Marathon is incredible so you're bound to have an unforgettable experience. All the best fella, enjoy your time in the UK
Cracking effort that, made it look easy!
Cheers Mike!
Truly brilliant video Craig and well done again !
Thanks Greta, nice one!
another belting video craig well done mate
Cheers for that and thanks for watching!
Great video-- you definitely did make it look easy! I have Chicago Marathon soon, so this was inspiring! Best wishes in Paris- my friend is almost running it for her birthday this year!
Cheers for that Korey and best of luck in the Chicago Marathon, it looks like an incredible race to be a part of! Paris is going to be awesome, looking forward to that. Bet your friend will love that as it's a beautiful city. Fingers crossed it's great running conditions for us on the day! Thanks for watching
Well done, Craig. I was about 23 mins behind you but in much worse shape! Similar to you, I struggled after the first 10 miles and the never-ending road you mentioned nearly finished me off! I think one of my many mistakes was trying to stick to goal pace in those first few undulating miles.
At least you know one of the reasons for your time being slower than other marathons was that the course was 0.5km too long!
Thanks Matthew! Interesting to hear that you shared many of the same struggles that I did on the day, good to know that I wasn't the only one haha. That never ending road truly felt like it was an optical illusion of some sort in the heat, right? Agreed re the pacing, I'm defo gonna try a negative split next time of running slower first half then faster second half. Best of luck for your next marathon!
Good running! I'll be doing Paris too but most probably be around 2 hours behind you!
Cheers Cathy, might see you there on the day. Let's do this!
Great video mate! I've just done my first ever half and now looking to do my first full next year at the age of 51 :(
Cheers Steve and congratulations on your first half marathon. Best of luck for your first full marathon, go smash it!
@@runningcafe1 Thankyou mate. Really appreciate that 🙏
New York in November 2022 👍🦾🏃
Good luck!
You was ahead of me at Ovindean, I ran 3.01.40 ... Heat didn't impact me too much but a lot had problems..
Def subscribing, keep up the good work and Good Luck in Paris.
Sounds about right as I was on course to run around 3h after finishing the first 13.1m in about 1h 31m but at that point I hit a massive wall and basically blew up in the heat. My sub 3h marathon dream burst before my eyes. Good learning experience for the next marathon in Paris, thanks for the good luck! 3.01.40 in that heat and that much sun exposure is an immense time, congratulations Paul. Cheers for watching and for the sub!
Good stuff from fellow tuber
Thanks fella! Good vid documenting the specator experience of the day too
Nice beautiful
Thanks!
great video, i see you got a stitch early on, do you know the reason why you got a stitch, i just wondered as i have the manchester in a few weeks and on both myu last 2 races ive had stitches and dont know why or how to stop getting them?
Cheers Danny, those stitches are a killer right? I have no idea what causes stiches but I believe there are many explanations with reduced blood flow to certain organs / muscle groups being one. I've heard not eating loads before running and staying hydrated helps prevent a stitch whilst slowing pace down gets rid of one. They're such a pain! Best of luck at the Manchester Marathon, it looks like it's gonna be a top day
Great time but such a schoolboy error taking only 2 gels. I found it hot and got a mere 4:32 on my maiden effort. I wonder if you could have got sub 3 hours if better prepared and not distracted by your GoPro?
Hi Dave, good point about the 2 gels. School boy error indeed. Luckily, there was a stool on route filled with gels and I stocked up big time as I say in the video so I wasn't struggling for too long. Go Pro didn't make a difference whatsoever, it was mainly the weather which caused my struggles. Thanks for watching and well done on your performance.
When making a statement that there aren't any clouds, a smart guy would turn around and look behind him and then see clouds -- a smart guy would realize that there is a 360 degree view, NOT just what is in front of him.
Okay, thanks for pointing that out. I didn't check to see that there were clouds behind me before I made the statement. Very observant of you, my bad.
@@runningcafe1 Don't make yourself look like a goofball by standing under clouds and saying "no clouds."🥸