{"id":806584,"date":"2026-10-18T12:58:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T12:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/806584\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T12:58:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T12:58:11","slug":"thousands-set-off-in-great-south-run-in-portsmouth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/806584\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands set off in Great South Run in Portsmouth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A closer look at the routepublished at 09:36 BST<\/p>\n<p>09:36 BST<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Starting on Southsea seafront near Avenue de Caen, the 10-mile route takes runners past some of Portsmouth\u2019s best-known landmarks, including the Spinnaker Tower, Portsmouth Harbour, the dockyard complex and HM Naval Base.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The course then loops back towards the coast, offering sweeping views across the Solent as runners pass the D-Day Memorial, Canoe Lake and Eastney beachfront.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A long stretch along the coastline leads competitors towards the finish, with crowds lining the promenade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Runners will cross the finish line near Southsea Castle.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Map of the 2026 Great South Run route in Portsmouth and Southsea. The 10-mile course starts and finishes on Southsea Common, heading west through Old Portsmouth and around Portsmouth Historic Dockyard before looping through Portsea. The route passes near Portsmouth &amp; Southsea and Fratton railway stations, continues along the seafront through Southsea and Eastney, then returns along the promenade to the finish. Mile markers 1 to 9 are shown, along with drink stations, toilets and water refill points. An elevation profile and route key appear in the top right corner.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/875b2086-6c1f-48ab-bf7b-5b9798a8bb70.jpg.webp\"  width=\"1024\" height=\"694\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, GSRImage caption, <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The route takes runners along the Portsmouth coast<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A closer look at the routepublished at 09:36 BST 09:36 BST Starting on Southsea seafront near Avenue de&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":806585,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[59,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-806584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-gb","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=806584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806584\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/806585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=806584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=806584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=806584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}