On your marks for 2018 city marathon Date set for Birmingham International event
THE date for 2018 Birmingham International Marathon has been unveiled as Sunday, October 14.
And, like this year, the marathon will be held on day.
In October some 20,000 runners of all ages and abilities took to the streets to take part in the 26.2 mile event and the 13.1-mile Great Birmingham Run Half Marathon.
The city’s Commonwealth Games bid was also celebrated with a dedicated race within a race with nationals from Commonwealth countries and territories competing against one another.
More than £4.1 million was raised for local and national good causes by runners at this year’s marathon and half-marathon, city’s half the same
All you have to do is follow the instructions once you go to www. greatrun.org/birmingham-international-marathon
To register for the Great Birmingham Run Half- Marathon, go to www. greatrun.org/great-birmingham-run
To join the Simplyhealth Great Birmingham 10K, go to www. greatrun.org/great-birmingham-10k while the Simplyhealth Great Birmingham 10K generated over £1.4 million for charity. The date of the 10K race next year will be Sunday, May 6, a Bank Holiday weekend. Families can also play their part in the October weekend of all-out activity with the Simplyhealth Junior and Mini Great Birmingham Runs taking place on Saturday, October 13, the day before the main event.
Exact start times and route details are still being reviewed with more details to follow early in 2018.
The Simplyhealth Great Birmingham Run and 10K will also feature the Business Challenge, which sees Midlands companies compete for fastesttime trophies and all-important bragging rights. The Business Challenge is a way of raising office morale and team spirit.
Birmingham is widely regarded as the birthplace of mass participation long-distance running events after the city staged one of the country’s first open-to-all marathons, the People’s Marathon, which ran from 198085.
Anyone who enters the 2018 Great Birmingham 10k will receive a £10 discount off the entry price for either the 2018 Simplyhealth Great Birmingham Run half marathon or the Birmingham International Marathon.