Sunday March 1st, 2020
London, UK
Distance: Half Marathon
Created by London Marathon Events Ltd, in partnership with Sported,The Vitality Big Half is a community running festival, taking place in London in March.
This one-day event offers a host of running distances, from a challenging half marathon to a free one-mile course, as well as a family-friendly festival of food, music and activities.
What’s happening?
Take part with friends and family or support your loved ones from the sidelines in events that include:
- The Vitality Big Half: London's community half marathon starts at 09:00 by Tower Bridge and finishes at the Cutty Sark, passing through the boroughs of Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Lewisham and Greenwich.
- The Little Half: A 2.4-mile run which finishes at the Cutty Sark and offers the perfect opportunity to take part in your first official times event.
- The Vitality Big Mile:A free, fun, family-friendly mass participation event taking place around Greenwich Park. This is the perfect event for first-time runners or walkers, families with children of all ages and anyone looking to get more healthy and active.
- The Vitality Big Festival: Celebrate all that London has to offer at The Vitality Big Festival in Greenwich Park. Join friends and family at this free festival and enjoy some of London’s best food, music, sport and entertainment.
What makes The Vitality Big Half unique?
Our vision is to create a sports event for all Londoners and inspire entries from participants from all backgrounds so that the event mirrors the diverse demographics of London’s multi-cultural population. This has never been done before.
We are working, together with our partners Sported, with the many community groups in the four London boroughs on the course to create a genuine engagement in the event with local communities. Preferential entries will be offered to these community groups and London residents.
The Vitality Big Half will also feature a top international elite field, wheelchair racers and a mass field running on a certified course over the half marathon distance (which is therefore eligible for world records).
| Division | Time | Name | Age | Home |
| Male | 1:00:22 | Kenenisa Bekele | 37 | ETH |
| 2nd Male | 1:01:07 | Chris Thompson | 36 | GBR |
| 3rd Male | 1:02:00 | Jake Smith | 21 | GBR |
| 4th Male | 1:02:33 | Ross Millington | 30 | GBR |
| Female | 1:10:50 | Lily Partridge | 28 | GBR |
| 2nd Female | 1:11:01 | Samantha Harrison | 24 | GBR |
| 3rd Female | 1:11:15 | Stephanie Davis | 26 | GBR |
| 4th Female | 1:11:49 | Hayley Carruthers | 26 | GBR |
| Division | Time | Name | Age | Home |
| M 40-49 | 1:07:13 | Will Green | 42 | GBR |
| M 50-59 | 1:13:08 | Christopher Dettmar | 53 | GBR |
| M 60-69 | 1:25:47 | David Child | 60 | GBR |
| M 70+ | 1:42:38 | David Newton | 71 | GBR |
| F 40-49 | 1:14:40 | Breege Connolly | 43 | IRL |
| F 50-59 | 1:23:02 | Susan Mcdonald | 50 | GBR |
| F 60-69 | 1:32:49 | Joy Mccormack | 64 | GBR |
| F 70+ | 2:07:14 | Deirdre Bethune | 72 | GBR |
The race started outside Wembley Stadium and went through the surrounding residential areas. It wasn’t the most scenic of routes and was much hillier than we anticipated, but what it lacked in prettiness it made up for with great marshal support and an abundance of water stations (honestly more than I’ve seen at any other race.) At the midway point we ran a lap of the Saracens Rugby Stadium before running back along the same route and finishing in Wembley Stadium itself.
