Historic Races
Lemmings track marathon
Date 16.08.2014.
location Worthing West Sussex.
33 runners
Our first bespoke marathon event, a track marathon but with a trail vibe on a 400m grass track. The day started of badly as the school we had hired the track from had forgotten to tell the janitor who never opened the gates forcing most of the runners to scale a six foot wall, the rest day went much better.
The race included James Elson, Rob Young and Steve Edwards.
In the men’s race, the first to finish was James Elson in 3hr 03min 23sec. Paul Sargent, of Burgess Hill Runners, was second in 3-14-14 and Steve Edwards was third in 3-25-52.
The women’s race was won by Catherine Edeam in 3-49-21. Arunners’ Nuala Smyth was second in 4-10-15 and Sarah Sawyer was third in 4-10-37.
Multi storey Car park marathon
Date 26.02.2017
Location Worthing West Sussex.
50 runners.
Video of the event
https://youtu.be/rwKJnkekplo?si=kssCK7Dlfvp2hezy
One of those races that is still discussed and will never be forgotten by those who took part.
In February 2017 a group of runners took part in the UK’s (possibly the world’s) first ever multi-storey car park marathon in Worthing, England. The race nearly did not take place as the plot the car park was situated on ” Teville gate” was a political hot potato with the council promising redevelopment of it for many years and when the CEO of the council found out about the event they wanted it stopped as they wanted no attention bought to the site, it was a week before and we had a signed contract and 50 eager runners so a threat of going to the papers and a lot of help from the events manager at Worthing we had the go ahead.
The marathon consisted of running eight levels up and back down on a concrete surface. Total elevation would be just short of climbing Ben Nevis.
Won by Paul Sargeant and Janet Cobby.
Velothon Race
Location, Preston Park, Brighton
Date 07.11.2015 and 11.11.2017
The oldest still working Cycle track in the country if not the world, so right up our street to put a race on in such a hallowed place.
Velothon was our 2nd Track marathon
579 metre track, 72 laps for a marathon. The overall climb (and fall) for the whole race was 534m. In addition, on 2 of the corners, there was quite a camber.
2015 marathon won by Jonny Burke in 3.02.04 and Maria Pali in 3.44
2017 marathon won by Felix Allan in 2.53.01 and Helen Smith in 3.49.47
Lunatic Marathon
Location Shoreham by Sea
Date 21,07,2015, 23,07,2016, 22.7.2017, 21,7, 2018 and 27,7,2019
A evening Marathon and no 3 of the river series marathons, starting at 8PM a 3 lap format so one lap was done in the light,one in the dusk and one in the dark.
Dreadmill marathon Race.
location Worthing David LLoyd.
So people have run marathons on a treadmill before,nothing new there but has there ever been a race where several people on treadmills race each other at the same time side by side.
Well welcome to the dreadmill marathon race.