The 2024 edition of the event in Portsmouth and Southsea will not take place
This year’s Great South Run (October 20) has been cancelled due to forecast high winds and rain.
Tomorrow’s 10-mile race, which would have seen a record 23,000 runners take part, was meant to start at 10:15 BST.
However, winds of over 50mph were forecast in Portsmouth and Southsea, with organisers cancelling the event due to the fact that conditions weren’t scheduled to improve at all.
Those runners who had been set to take part can roll their entry over into next year’s event or claim a refund.
History Of Great South Run
“We’re really sorry to confirm that this year’s Great South Run (10 miles), scheduled to take place on Sunday 20 October, has been cancelled due to the forecasted high winds and rain,” organisers said.
“We’ve been closely monitoring the weather conditions and unfortunately they haven’t improved to a point where we can safely stage Sunday’s event.
“The forecasted winds and gusts compromise our event infrastructure including our medical facilities at the finish and around the course. This combined with high tide levels, potential debris, and the exposure along the seafront mean that we can’t guarantee the safe delivery of the event. Safety of our participants, staff and volunteers is our number one priority.
Men’s start (Pete Langdown/Great South Run)
“We haven’t taken this decision lightly and have been liaising closely with the Met Office, medical & safety teams, local authorities and key stakeholders throughout the week to make the best informed decision.
“We have communicated the event cancellation to all participants, and we will be in touch with all participants again next week with more details about how they can roll their entry over into next year’s event, or claim a refund in line with terms and conditions. In Great South Run We know how disappointing this is and we hope everyone can understand why this decision has been made.”
Chris Thompson – a three-time winner of the Great South Run – had planned to retire from elite running in the 10-mile race on Sunday.
He instead ended his long and illustrious career in Saturday’s 5km, winning the race in 14:48.
Next year’s Great South Run is scheduled to take place on October 18-19, 2025.
Great South Run Dropped
Great South Run has been dropped over worries about high breezes and downpour as Tempest Ashley seems set to stir things up around town.
The coordinators of the yearly 10-mile race on the coast in Southsea, Portsmouth, said they couldn’t ensure the wellbeing of the occasion.
In excess of 20,000 sprinters were because of partake in Sunday’s race.
An assertion from the run’s coordinators said: “The estimated breezes and blasts undermine our occasion framework including our clinical offices toward the completion and around the course Great South Run.
“This joined with elevated tide levels, likely garbage, and the openness along the seafront imply that we can’t ensure the protected conveyance of the occasion.
“We haven’t trifled with this choice and have been liaising intimately with the Met Office, clinical and security groups, neighborhood specialists and key partners all through the week to settle on the best-educated choice Great South Run.”
Members will be reached by email about how they can either guarantee a discount or concede their entrance to the following year.
The Met Office has given a golden weather conditions cautioning over Tempest Ashley and said wounds and risk to life are reasonable during the 80mph breezes set to hit pieces of the UK this end of the week Great South Run.
The golden weather conditions cautioning is set up for the north-west of Scotland on Sunday, and there is likewise a yellow admonition for the entire of Scotland and Northern Ireland, and portions of north-west Britain and Ribs Great South Run.
As per the Met Office, breezy circumstances are normal across all of the UK on Sunday and Monday.
Families going during the October school occasions have been encouraged to check for undoings.
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