The Brass Monkey Half Marathon is an annual road running event held outside

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, United Kingdom. The event is organised by the York Knavesmire Harriers club and has been run since the early 1980s. In the early years the event was a contest for club runners but has expanded over its three decades attracting some of the country’s elite runners, these include Olympians Angela Tooby-Smith and

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, and international ultra-runner

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. Despite the winter location of the race, it attracted a 1500 strong field in 2014 and 2016.

Course

The race starts and finishes at

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, the course is on roads passing through Bishopthorpe,

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and returning through Bishopthorpe.

Past winners

1985-1998 Results from "SQUARE WASPS"

References

External links

Official Site

ARRS Race series
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