Kent Coastal Marathon and Half-Marathon 2012 (2nd Sep 2012)

Location: Palm Bay School, Cliftonville

Start time: 9.30

Host: TRAC

26 miles and 385 yard distance and 13 mile 192.5 yard races available. The marathon race incorporates Kent Road Race Grand Prix, Kent Championships and Southern Counties Veterans AC Championships.

The half-marathon was voted the UK's 6th best half-marathon in 2011 by Runners World.

This event will once again be supporting a local charity – for 2012, this will be The Alfie Gough Trust (UK Registred Charity -1144380). Please click on the links below for details of their work, and for a sponsor form if you are able to raise further funds.

A BARR Event, the races will be run under UK Athletics rules. The minimum age 18 on day of race for Marathon, and age 17 for Half-Marathon. We regret that these races are not suitable for wheelchair athletes owing to short stretches of unpaved surfaces.

Race license - 2012-103935

Course measurement certificate - Half marathon: 12/152  Full marathon: 12/151
 

Please note: NO HEADPHONES may be worn during the event by competitors. Please do not enter the race and then decide to run with headphones. This may mean the race will not be able to be run in future years.

We have decided that IPod and MP3 players will be BANNED during this race.

PRIZE MONEY IS OFFERED TO THE FIRST MALE AND FEMALE FINISHERS - £75 to the marathon winners and £50 to the half marathon winners. In addition, there will be awards for second and third male and female runners, and also for teams and age categories. All finishers will receive a race memento, and a Thanet Roadrunners AC 30^th Anniversary technical T-shirt.

Supporters

We would like to extend our thanks to the following people and organisations, without whom the race would not take place:

• Foster’s Law
• Thanet District Council
• Asics - for supplying goody bags
• Thanet Constabulary - for their help and guidance
• RAYNET - for their excellence and communications experience
• The Margate Ambulance services - without whose help we could not stage this event
• Local scout groups - manning the water stations
• The myriad of helpers and marshals - who all give up their time voluntarily to ensure all goes smoothly. Please be nice to them out on the route – without them you would not have a race – any runner who is rude to a marshal may well be barred from future races.

Course Details

Due to some maintenance work in Margate, the course will have a few minor changes from that used in recent years. The race HQ will be Palm Bay School in Cliftonville, and the race will start with a loop around Palm Bay before following a largely coastal route through Broadstairs towards Ramsgate, heading back to complete the half marathon at Cliftonville. Those running the marathon then continue through Margate, again largely along the coast, before turning at Minnis Bay and heading back to finish at Palm Bay School.

The slightly amended course for 2012 with new race HQ has now been measured - here's a link to the official race distance measurement certification page, which has  a detailed outline of the course. The main differences are the start and finish area, and the turns in Ramsgate and at Minnis Bay. Thanks to Dave Bennett for the mapmyrun link – although from the 2011 course, it gives a good idea of the profile, which is generally undulating for the first half and largely flat for the second half!!

Entry Details

* Entries on day only if race quota not reached. Race entry limit: 400 Half Marathon and 300 Full Marathon, or 700 Runners. Check here after the closing date.

Online Entries to be handled by Runners World

Entries to: Kent Coastal Marathon, 11 Arklow Square, Ramsgate, Kent, CT11 8PS

* A reminder that any club member wishing to run the half marathon should provide a marshal – your entry will not be accepted unless you include their contact details with your entry form. This is the club’s main event, and a huge number are needed across the entire marathon course, so we do need all club members to pull together. Thanks!

Race Packs

Race packs including numbers will be sent out approximately two weeks before the event. If your cheque is cashed, you have been entered successfully.

The race information packs will contain information for all runners, which is also available on the website. If you do not receive your number in your race pack, then this means that you either have additional fees to pay or there is some other query with your entry. You can contact us for more information.

Terms and Conditions of Entry

Before entering please note the terms and conditions of entry.

Race Director

For all enquiries regarding this race, please call;

Philip Kinnill                01843 862554   

Email: marathonrace@thanetroadrunners.org.uk

Attachments

2012 Kent Coastal Marathon Entrants 290412

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2012 Kent Coastal Half Marathon Entrants 290412

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2012 Kent Coastal Half Marathon Entry Form

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Alfie's Trust Sponsor form

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2012 Kent Coastal Marathon Entry Form

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