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Marathon organisers apologise over 'disappointing' error that made course longer

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Published date13 September 2021
Publication titleDaily Mirror, The: Web Edition Articles (London, England)
The group behind the Brighton Marathon have apologised to fuming runners for the blunder after the race on Sunday.

Thousands of runners launched from Preston Park from 9.45am on a course that was expected to be 26.2 miles.

But because of the mishap -said to have ben caused by 'human error' -exhausted participants had more than half a kilometre extra to go before the finish.

Organisers Brighton Marathon Weekend said in a statement: "We would like to apologise to our marathon participants that the course today has measured 568m too long.

"We are wholly disappointed that this has affected our runners & hope that it hasn’t marred the experience, at what has been a fantastic comeback after event after 18 months."

According to reports the hosts said that the error was only noticed after the race had started and so could not be fixed.

A spokesperson told the BBC : "The mistake was spotted after runners were on the route and therefore could not be rectified.

"The mistake was human error and we apologise sincerely to all of our marathon participants."

And the blunder also came after a dramatic finish saw the winner Neil McClements overtake the then leader Ollie Garrod about 200 metres before the finish line.

Mr Garrod told told the Telegraph : "Basically a cone up near Rottingdean was put too far up the hill and we...

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