Eastbourne Half Marathon will welcome runners of all ages and abilities

The run is a community event and is aimed at runners of all abilities.

The organisers are just as excited at seeing the last person finish as they are the first and each year they encourage as many runners as possible to sign up, get out their running shoes and train for the run or walk.

The Eastbourne half starts on Sunday, March 1 at 10am.

The race starts in Princes Park and mostly follows the seafront promenades towards Beachy Head and back to Sovereign Harbour, where the course loops back to the finish line, again at Princes Park.

A spokesman said, “Once again we are very grateful to Reid + Dean, the Eastbourne Hospitality Association, all our various sponsors and supporters and especially to our all stewards and marshals who help on the day.

“This is a thankless but very necessary task and gathering a large enough team of marshals is always one of the most difficult aspects to organising the event.

“So please if you or anyone you know could spare some time on the morning please do volunteer.”

Now in its 16th year, the Eastbourne Half is planned to be even bigger and better than previous years.

The spokesman said, “Following the huge success of 2019 we are hoping to attract more than 2,000 entrants. The ethos behind the Eastbourne Half Marathon is to raise money for charities and local good causes. Over the years we have given directly to charity over £130,000 and much more has been raised for entrants’ own charities.”