My 3rd running of the Bournemouth marathon and once again amazing weather! The race is the fourth and final event of the Bournemouth Festival of Running weekend and always pulls in a great crowd of supporters. The race begins out at Alexander Stadium and then makes it way down to the coast where you run along the sea front along to Boscombe pier and then make your way over to Bournemouth pier before heading off the sea front and onto the road for a few miles before finally heading back down to the sea front and along to Sandbanks where you turn around and head back along the beach towards the beach for the finish. There's a great atmosphere along the whole route with loads of support.

Decent sized event village at the end where you can get a well earned massage, food drink and show off your chunky medal before going to the beach for an ice cream and cool off in the sea!

Love this race and have already booked my entry for 2018!