Birmingham Half Marathon: 26 October 2008

 Men and women:  Separate Other races:     Result missing?  Self add result

All runners

#  Pos arrow Name arrow Time arrow Cat arrow Club arrow Graded arrow Pace arrow
1 1 Adrian Lloyd 1:35:31 V60 Serpentine 76.6% 7:17
2 2 Christina Penny 2:22:49 SL Serpentine 46.2% 10:53

Race conditions

Average for time of year - light rain clearing up, moderately breezy, 10 Celsius rising to 13, overcast, damp underfoot.

Report

This was the inaugural Birmingham Half and we can expect it to be run again. It was well supported with nearly 9,000 entrants. There was significant civic effort and there were plenty of supporters and spectators, especially in the last half mile, despite a damp start to the day. Organisation was generally good, although traffic problems for later arriving runners led to a 15-minute delayed start. Results were up on the website by 16:00 on race day.

The point to point course was from Perry Park, adjacent to the Alexander Stadium (home of Birchfield Harriers), through central Birmingham, round residential streets in Edgbaston and back into the centre to finish at Centenary Square. It involved overall ascent of about 100m/300ft and a nnet ascent of 30m/100ft. With several flyovers and underpasses adding to the undulations, the consensus seemed to be that this was not an easy PB route, but a worthwhile race.

Report by A Lloyd

Result queries

This race is enabled for self add. If your result is missing you can add it by clicking on the self add result button at the top and entering the correct details.

If you have any queries about these results please email results@serpentine.org.uk