Marathon fever grips Birmingham as city stages inaugural event
Thousands of amateur athletes are set to take to the streets of Birmingham on Sunday as the city stages its inaugural international marathon.
The 26.2-mile event, which has attracted 9,000 runners, will start at Alexander Stadium, with the course taking in a number of the city’s most famous landmarks before finishing in the city centre.
These include: the Barton Arms pub in Aston, Birmingham Metropolitan College and Millennium Point, Selfridges, Digbeth and the Irish Quarter, the home of Cadbury’s in Bournville, Edgbaston St... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
