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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.

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

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.