Well I’ve run it a few times but never marshalled this (or in fact any other major event) before so today was a new experience. Danielle and I both volunteered as marshals (with a Facebook running group called Bosh Run, well worth finding and quite complementary to Henfield Joggers). So Dani and my days started very early with a 6.30am drive to Brighton, followed by a 30 minute walk to our respective assembly points along the route in time for a 7.30am briefing. It was -3c in Henfield and not much warmer on the sea front, but a stunning, cloudless morning. Dani was around the Thistle Hotel so got to see runners coming back to finish at about the 12 and a half mile mark, as well as seeing them out at about 7 miles, whereas I was out near Brunswick Square so only saw everyone running out to Hove Lagoon, as the return route was 50m away on the sea front. So we saw everyone (mostly) running the race – it’s actually really hard trying to spot individuals among what turned out to be 7,666 official finishers!
Fantastic times everyone – a great morning for running (followed by a ‘not so great afternoon for running! How lucky were we all with the weather??). Let me know if any corrections are needed in the results below as I’ve simply taken them from the official results page and corrected names where I know they are different.
Next year I’d strongly recommend Marshalling as an option for anyone not running this – very humbling to see the effort put in by so many, the determination on peoples faces (especially at the rear of the field – fantastic grit!).
Gary Wilkinson 01:30:32
Derek Tyrrell 01:32:07
Ralph Bernascone 01:38:35
Marcus Dwyer 01:44:22
Steve Lester 01:47:10
Lotte Moller Vasby 01:47:32
Fabian Kaelin 01:48:47
Simon Funnell 01:53:58
Hugh Martin 01:54:28
Steve Robinson 01:55:00
Colin Clegg 01:57:05
Ilidia Campbell 01:58:00
Kieran Lewer 02:11:00
