When trying to work out my target time for the Brighton half next February, I looked back to the half-marathons of my past. They show a decline, I’m sorry to say, but in 2004 I was a sprightly 49 year old.
- 2004 Seaford Half Marathon: 2:00:15
- 2005 Sussex Beacon (Brighton) Half Marathon: 1:43:14
- 2005 Hastings Half Marathon: 1:45:05
- 2005 Seaford Half Marathon: 2:07:36
- 2006 Sussex Beacon (Brighton) Half Marathon: 1:46:10
- 2006 Hastings Half Marathon: 1:42:23 (PB for the distance)
- 2007 Sussex Beacon (Brighton) Half Marathon: 1:49:45
- 2007 Hastings Half Marathon: 1:52:08
- 2007 Seaford Half Marathon 2:10:08
- 2008 Sussex Beacon (Brighton) Half Marathon 1:59:09
- 2008 Hastings Half Marathon 1:57:03
- 2008 Seaford Half Marathon 2:18:00
- 2009 Eastbourne Half Marathon 2:01:53
- 2009 Hastings Half Marathon 2:04:13
- 2009 Seaford Half Marathon 2:21:24
- 2010 Hastings Half Marathon 2:11:32
- 2010 Seaford Half Marathon 2:33:02
- 2010 Firle Half Marathon 2:20:20
In 2011 I ran no half marathons. No idea why
- 2012 Eastbourne Half Marathon 2:13:33
- 2012 Seaford Half Marathon 2:38
- 2013 Hastings Half Marathon 2:24:33
- 2014 Firle Half Marathon 2:29:53
- 2015 Hastings Half Marathon 2:27:28
- 2016 Seaford Martello Tower Rotary Triple Challenge Half Marathon 2:45:53
Therefore to finish Brighton in under 2:15, I need to recover the form of my 2012 Eastbourne half or my 2010 Hastings. That’s not impossible. Some of the very slow times have been for very hilly off-road races, whereas Brighton is largely flat.
