Brighton Marathon

Course & Elevation

The Brighton Marathon is the main race of Brighton Marathon Weekend on England's south coast, held on a Sunday in early or mid-April and produced by London Marathon Events. The weekend also includes the Brighton Miles on the Saturday and a Brighton & Hove 10K on the Sunday. The marathon starts in Preston Park, north of the city centre. In earlier editions the route took in central Brighton, including the Royal Pavilion, headed east towards Rottingdean and Ovingdean, then west out to and around Hove, before returning on the seafront to finish on Madeira Drive near Brighton Pier. The organiser lists a road course with an elevation gain of 477 feet, about 145 m, and calls it the UK's third-largest marathon. The first Brighton Marathon was held on 18 April 2010, when 12,000 places were offered and 7,589 runners took part. London Marathon Events took over the race in December 2022 after the former organiser went into administration. The course records are 2:09:25 for men (William Chebor, 2014) and 2:28:50 for women (Eunice Kales, 2013).