Committee, local councillors and Paralympian Derek Rae, event ambassador at the Official launch of Kirkcaldy Parks Half Marathon.
L To R Cllr Alistair Cameron, Jim Dunston, Susie Harley, Dave Morton, Jim Taylor, Rebecca Reader, Derek Rae and Cllr Rod Cavanagh.
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Pic Kenny Smith, Kenny Smith Photography
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Organisers of the Kirkcaldy Parks Half Marathon have unanimously agreed to cancel the 2020 running of the event.
The event, which was an overwhelming success in its inaugural year last summer, was due to be held again on August 30, but it has now been shelved.
A statement from the KPHM committee said: “Given the current situation there was only really one safe sensible option. We could have postponed the launch and the race and tried to squeeze it in towards the end of the year.
“This however would have put increased pressure on basically every single component of the event organisation.
“We have respected all the races and events that are normally scheduled towards the end of the year, and also all the races and events that have already launched, received entrants and have committed money towards various aspects of their event that are now struggling to find slots towards the end of the year.
“We wish all our KPHM family a safe spring and summer and hopefully we will all be back racing again in the autumn, if not before.
“Rest assured we have every intention of staging the event again in 2021.”
