Welcome to The Birmingham & Black Country Half Marathon.

The race took place on 5th July 2008 at 10am, starting near Wolverhampton Train Station and finishing in Brindleyplace, Birmingham.

You can find out more about the race by clicking the buttons above, as well as on our Runners World forum. If you can't find the information you are looking for - get in touch by email.

Important Announcements

Results

Full Results are available here.

Photos are available here.

Well done to all who took part. The prizewinners were:

Men

1st - Richard Gregory 1:17:55

2nd - Mark Garratt 1:20:31

3rd - Dale Hanson 1:25:13

Women

1st - Hetty Bostock 1:42:29

2nd - Joan Clarke 1:43:03

3rd - Kate Loach 1:43:32

Teams

The winners of the team event were Stourbridge RC (David Rose, Mike Anslow, Peter Walters, Dave Sheppard, Kirk Andrews, Bob Hopkins, Robert Hardman, Joan Clarke & Nicola Davies).

Sponsorship

If you raised money for charity through the event please drop us an email and let us know how much, and who for!

Start times

Click here for the up to date start list.

Remember the race takes place on a canal towpath and in the interests of safety we start the race in waves of 10, one minute apart. Your wave and start time will be sent to you when you enter. Check the start list and make sure you start in the appropriate wave.

Please aim to arrive in Wolverhampton 30 minutes before your start time to allow time for check in. You will be called to the start in your waves a few minutes before your start time.

Entries

The entry deadline has been dropped and we are now taking entries right up until race day. Please note that your race pack will not be posted. Instead, your race number will be available to collect at the start of the race.

Download our entry form here.

Download a copy of the entrants' information pack here.

For more entry information check out the Entries page.

Sponsors

We are pleased to be working with Up & Running, Bannatyne's Health Club, KPMG, SIS, HSS Hire and Brindleyplace to make the 2008 race the best one yet!

Find out more about them on our Sponsors page.

We look forward to seeing you on race day!

The BBCHM Team