Well-liked street race in East Sussex moved from March 23 to October 5 after police found and burned chemical substances found on the route
The Hastings Half-Marathon has been rescheduled for Sunday October 5 after the occasion on March 23 was referred to as off as a consequence of a police chemical substances investigation that led to a part of the route being closed for 3 days.
Sussex Police carried out a “managed burn” of chemical substances, which had been found in a home on the A259 Marina in St Leonards three days earlier than the race was scheduled to happen.
Runners who had already secured their place within the authentic occasion may have their entries routinely transferred to the brand new date.
Greater than 3000 runners took half in final 12 months’s race, which is a long-standing half-marathon with greater than 40 years’ historical past and historically one of many largest half-marathon races within the run-up to the London Marathon.
“We all know how a lot the Hastings Half Marathon means to so many individuals and we had been decided to discover a method to make sure it might nonetheless happen,” mentioned Rachael Wooden, managing director Good Work, who organise the occasion with Hastings Lions Membership.
“The messages of help we acquired within the days following the cancellation had been actually heart-warming and we’re so happy to have the ability to deliver the occasion again later this 12 months.”
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