Nice South Run cancelled attributable to forecast excessive winds and rain

The 2024 version of the occasion in Portsmouth and Southsea is not going to happen

This yr’s Nice South Run (October 20) has been cancelled attributable to forecast excessive winds and rain.

Tomorrow’s 10-mile race, which might have seen a report 23,000 runners participate, was meant to start out at 10:15 BST.

Nevertheless, winds of over 50mph had been forecast in Portsmouth and Southsea, with organisers cancelling the occasion attributable to the truth that circumstances weren’t scheduled to enhance in any respect.

These runners who had been set to participate can roll their entry over into subsequent yr’s occasion or declare a refund.

“We’re actually sorry to verify that this yr’s Nice South Run (10 miles), scheduled to happen on Sunday 20 October, has been cancelled because of the forecasted excessive winds and rain,” organisers stated.

“We’ve been carefully monitoring the climate circumstances and sadly they haven’t improved to a degree the place we will safely stage Sunday’s occasion.

“The forecasted winds and gusts compromise our occasion infrastructure together with our medical amenities on the end and across the course. This mixed with excessive tide ranges, potential particles, and the publicity alongside the seafront imply that we will’t assure the protected supply of the occasion. Security of our contributors, workers and volunteers is our primary precedence.

Males’s begin (Pete Langdown/Nice Run)

“We haven’t taken this resolution calmly and have been liaising carefully with the Met Workplace, medical & security groups, native authorities and key stakeholders all through the week to make the perfect knowledgeable resolution.

“We now have communicated the occasion cancellation to all contributors, and we will likely be in contact with all contributors once more subsequent week with extra particulars about how they’ll roll their entry over into subsequent yr’s occasion, or declare a refund consistent with phrases and circumstances. We all know how disappointing that is and we hope everybody can perceive why this resolution has been made.”

Chris Thompson – a three-time winner of the Nice South Run – had deliberate to retire from elite working within the 10-mile race on Sunday.

He as a substitute ended his lengthy and illustrious profession in Saturday’s 5km, profitable the race in 14:48.

Subsequent yr’s Nice South Run is scheduled to happen on October 18-19, 2025.

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