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3 unusual facts about Brighton Marathon


Brighton Marathon

The route took in some of the sights of central Brighton before heading East towards Rottingdean.

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The race then headed west out to and around Hove, before returning on the seafront and finishing on Madeira Drive, close to Brighton Pier.

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In the 2013 race, a participant died: 23-year-old Sam Harper Brighouse of Camden collapsed in Grand Avenue and was taken to hospital where he was later pronounced dead.



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Jonathan Hancock

Jonathan is also a keen runner; he has run the London Marathon twice, the Brighton Marathon twice, and was chosen to carry the Queen's Jubilee Baton through Abingdon in Oxfordshire in the run-up to the 2002 Commonwealth Games.