Race Day 2011
Kenya’s Philemon Kiprop Boit smashed the course record by almost three minutes when he won the second Brighton marathon in 2:16:07 on a warm, windless morning on the south coast. The previous record stood to Mongolian B. Serod in 2:19:05.
Second was compatriot, Richard Bett Rotich (2:16:32) and third, Ethiopian Ambessa Tolosa, a further 22sec adrift. The first Briton home was Stroud’s Dan Robinson in fourth, just outside the previous course record in 2:19:13.
First woman was the Liz McColgan-coached Alyson Dixon who obliterated the inaugural record and set a qualifying time of 2:34:51 for the World championships in Daegu later this summer.
Local athlete Jo Bryce held the record from 2010 of 3:04:55. Second woman was Lucy MacAlister in 2:40:35 with Julie Briscoe third in a time of 2:41:11
